RedactedNarrative: On 7/6/15 at approximately 1510 hours, I was dispatched to the City of Pompano Beach in reference to a hit and run boating accident involving a large sailboat who had caused substantial damage to a residential dock. Upon arrival I met with the home owner who advised of the following. Owner stated that he had been notified of the incident by a construction worker who was working at a neighbor’s house and had observed the crash. He stated that the construction worker witnessed the crash and then wrote down the sailboat's name "Querida". Owner stated that the concrete dock was brand new and estimated the damages at approximately $7,000. Owner concluded by saying that he had observed the sailboat "Querida" docked on his dock on July 3 and 4th but did not complain because he thought it belonged to a neighbor. I then spoke with the witness/construction worker, who stated that he was working on the third floor of a house four lots over from the victim's property when he heard a loud crash. Worker stated that when he looked down at the crash site, he observed the large sailboat crashed up against the victim's concrete dock. Worker stated that he watched as the sailboat's captain pulled out away from the damaged dock, anchored his vessel, climbed into his small inflatable, and rowed back to the damage dock. Worker stated that the sailboat captain climbed on the dock and collected several items which had fallen of the sailboat during the crash and then kicked the broken concrete into the water. Worker described the captain as an older white male. He stated that the sailboat was white with two masts and was at least 40 feet long. The name on the sailboat was "Querida" and Worker was able to photograph the sailboat from his high vantage point before it fled southbound on the ICW. An immediate searched for the vessel yielded negative results. All bridges from Atlantic Blvd to Sunrise Blvd were called and put on alert. Lastly, contact was made with the neighboring Marine Law Enforcement Agencies in hopes of finding the hit and run vessel. On 7/7/15 I received notification from Fort Lauderdale PD's Marine Unit that they had located the vessel and it was anchored in the Middle River in the City of Fort Lauderdale. I responded but found the sailboat to be unoccupied. Note that the sailboat "Querida" had damage, marks, and scratches on the stern which would be consistent with hitting a concrete dock. On 7/8/15 I returned and made contact with the single occupant on the sailboat "Querida". The older white male subject was identified. Operator1 admitted that he had crashed into the concrete dock and had damaged it on July 6, 2015. He stated that he was leaving the dock when the wind pushed his stern into the dock. Operator1 stated that got scared and fled the area. When asked why had he failed to report the incident to the police, Operator1 stated that he was scared. Note that Operator1 had a bill of sale for the vessel dated June 11, 2015. As such Operator1 had not registered the vessel as of yet. Operator1 was issued citations for careless operation and leaving the scene of a boating accident. All involved were issued case cards and informed that a boating accident report would be generated. NFl