RedactedNarrative: Sailboat under motor power and under sail, strikes slow speed marker then dock in high wind gusts. On April 12th, 2022, I met with operator. I inquired as to what happened the day of the vessel allision, and was informed of the following. 
  Operator had been participating in an Apollo Beach Sailing Squadron racing event on Tampa Bay. During the time of the racing event the weather had picked up suddenly. After the event concluded she was on her way back into the Apollo Beach Channel. She had placed the sailboat under the power of an 8 Horsepower motor. She stated that due to wind speeds she had been unable to reef the mainsail, or to put it away. She informed me that the mainsail of the vessel filled with wind and she was unable to properly control the vessel. She indicated that this event occurred just east of the #12 private aid to navigation marker in the Apollo Beach channel. The result was a head on allision with a piling which bore the two Hillsborough County slow speed signs #37 & #38. After the allision with the piling which she described as being “knocked over” the vessel impacted with the Logway’s dock. She stated to me that at the time of the impact with the sign, both her and her passenger were in the cockpit of the vessel, and she was at the tiller control. At which point she was able to get the sails in and motor back to her slip at the Apollo Beach Sailing Squadron she stated there were no injuries
  