RedactedNarrative: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS REPORTED TO ME BY V1 OPERATOR, THE OPERATOR OF A 35' SEAPIPER OR PASSENGER 1, THE CAPTAIN OF A 63' SUNSEEKER.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, THE 35' SEAPIPER WILL BE REFERRED TO AS VESSEL ONE AND THE 63' SUNSEEKER WILL BE REFERRED TO AS VESSEL TWO.    
  
  ON 6/8/21 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00PM, V1 OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK VESSEL ONE AT THE DOCKS AT BEAUFORT WATERFRONT.  V1 OPERATOR ADVISED ME THAT DOCK STAFF TOLD HIM TO DOCK IN A PARTICULAR SLIP.  THIS SLIP IS IDENTIFIED ON THE ACCIDENT DIAGRAM IN THIS REPORT.  V1 OPERATOR REPORTED THAT A STRONG WIND WAS BLOWING NORTH AND A STRONG CURRENT WAS GOING WEST.  IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO DOCK, VESSEL ONE COLLIDED WITH VESSEL TWO, WHICH WAS DOCKED.  AS SEEN IN THE ACCIDENT DIAGRAM, THE STARBOARD (RIGHT) SIDE OF VESSEL ONE COLLIDED WITH THE PORT (LEFT) SIDE OF THE BOW (FRONT) OF VESSEL TWO.  AN ALUMINUM SUPPORT RAIL ON VESSEL ONE COLLIDED WITH THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL TWO.  WHEN THIS OCCURRED, V1 OPERATOR STOPPED VESSEL ONE WHICH RESULTED IN VESSEL ONE LEANING AGAINST VESSEL TWO.  V1 OPERATOR THEN SLOWLY PULLED FORWARD.  I OBSERVED LIGHT SCUFFS/SCRATCHES ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CABIN AREA OF VESSEL ONE.  V1 OPERATOR REPORTED THIS WAS FROM THE RUBRAIL OF VESSEL TWO.  I ALSO OBSERVED WHERE V1 OPERATOR HAD REPAIRED THE ALUMINUM SUPPORT RAIL OF VESSEL ONE.  AS SEEN IN A PHOTO PROVIDED BY PASSENGER 1, THE SUPPORT RAIL WAS BENT AND BROKEN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL TWO.  
  
  PASSENGER 1 EMAILED ME VESSEL INFORMATION, A WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF VESSELS ONE AND TWO.  HE REPORTED THERE WAS SCRATCHES ON THE STAINLESS STEEL RUBRAIL OF VESSEL TWO.  HE REPORTED THE ENTIRE RUBRAIL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE DAMAGE.  V1 OPERATOR REPORTED YOU COULD NOT SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE RUBRAIL OF VESSEL TWO BUT YOU COULD FEEL IT.  NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME.