RedactedNarrative: On June 10th, 2019, operator1 was having repairs done on his Sumerset houseboat at the Tims Ford Marina boat ramp.  Subject1 was assisting Operator1 in moving his vessel.  The starboard engine had been working intermittently while moving the boat from the slip to the dock.  They believed that the engine was low on fuel and they topped it off with fuel before attempting to move the boat back to its slip.  One of the mechanics had advised them that the steering was not working on Operator1''s boat as they left the dock.  
  
  Operator1 and Subject1 thought that they could get the boat back to its slip by using the engines on the boat to steer.  The starboard engine would start and idle fine, but would cut out whenever Operator1 would try to throttle it up above idle.  The wind was blowing strong on the afternoon of the incident, around 15-20mph.  
  
  When the boat rounded the end of A dock, Operator1 started giving the engines more throttle to compensate for the wind and the starboard engine cut out.  With only one engine, and no steering, Operator1 was unable to control the houseboat in the high winds.  Operator1''s houseboat was forced into A dock, striking the slide and a rail on Vessel 2, breaking the slide loose from the frame and bending the handle/rail on the back of the boat.  .
  
  Operator1''s houseboat then continued forward and came into contact with another houseboat a few slips down and Subject1 pushed off of the back of that boat.  Operator1 then put his boat into reverse which turned the front of the boat towards the dock.  Operator1 then put his houseboat into forward gear to try to continue swinging the front of his houseboat away from the dock.  
  
  The wind pushed the boat back into the dock and the boat hit the slides on the backs of Vessels 3 and 4.  Operator1''s boat then came into contact with the 5 O''clock Somewhere houseboat (TN-2491-CG).  The owner''s mother was on the boat and she, with the assistance of subject2, pushed against Operator1''s houseboat, trying to hold it off of the back of their boat to prevent it from being damaged.  
  
  Operator1''s boat continued to be pushed by the wind and slide forward into the anchors of 2 parked boats which damaged the canvas that is around the front of Operator1''s boat.  Operator1''s houseboat finally came to rest with the front of the boat against two parked cabin boats and the back of the boat against the 5 O''Clock Somewhere Houseboat.  This narrative is based on the investigating officer''s interviews of Operator1 and Subject1, as well as several witnesses and the evidence seen by the officer.
  