RedactedNarrative: On March 9, 2016 I ,Officer received a call from a local bait shop, stating that a boat had just capsized near their location. I responded to the area of Fisherman's wharf, near the Beyel section of the port. (Beyel is a company that provides marine services and is located in the southern most corner of the port.)  When I arrived I observed a white vessel(V1) capsized in the water and several individual's attempting to use a forklift to raise the vessel. Due to the strong current and wind in the area I was unable to safely tie my vessel up in the area so I made my way to the adjacent Fisherman's Wharf Marina. 
  
  I docked my boat nearby and proceeded to the location of the capsized vessel(V1) on foot. When I arrived I met one of the occupants of the capsized vessel (V1)and several members of Beyel. I asked if everyone was accounted for and if anyone was injured. The occupant of the vessel(V1) stated that he and the owner of the vessel (V1) were uninjured. I asked Subject1 where the owner of the capsized vessel(V1) was and he stated that he had gone to the boat ramp to retrieve his vehicle and boat trailer. The Beyel crew was able to get straps around the vessel(V1) and used a fork lift to remove it from the water, where it was righted and placed on wood pallets to be repositioned and placed on Subject2's trailer. Subject2 arrived with his vehicle and boat trailer and the vessel(V1) was placed on the trailer by the workers of Beyel.
  
  I then asked Subject2 and Subject1 what had happened. Subject1 stated that he and Subject2 had been in the Fort Pierce Turning Basin fishing when they started to have engine trouble and it stopped working. Due in part to the strong winds and an outgoing tide the vessel(V1) was drifting Northwest towards the area of Fisherman's wharf. Just off the wall at the end of Fisherman's wharf there are several submerged rocks that can be very dangerous for boats. This was the area where the vessel(V1) had drifted towards. Subject2 and Subject1 explained to me that Subject2 had been operating a trolling motor located at the front of the vessel(V1) in an attempt to steer the vessel into the nearby Black Pearl Boat Ramp. This attempt was not successful based on all accounts of all parties involved and Subject2's vessel(V1) drifted towards the rocks. Employees of Beyel had become aware of the vessel in distress near their location and encouraged both Subject2 and Subject1 to put on their life vest.
  
  An employee of Beyel was in a company vessel(V2) and went to vessel (V1) in distress to try and help the individuals to the Black Pearl Boat Ramp. Subject3 tied off to Subject2's vessel (V1) and began to tow him towards the boat ramp. Subject3 vessel was an 18ft john boat(V2). Up to this point the statements of all of the individuals involved are the same. Subject1 and Subject2 then stated that a Tug Boat (V3), an employee of Beyel, was backing his vessel(V3) in the direction of the other two vessels (V1 & V2). Subject1 stated that he believed the prop wash of the tug then hit their vessel (V1) causing it to capsize and both occupants (Subject2 and Subject1) to be ejected into the water. At the time of this information, there was no mention of actual contact between V1 and V3, however the next day according to witness statements and an eyewitness there were accounts that the capsized vessel and the tug (V3) possibly made contact. When photos of the capsized vessel were reviewed there did appear to be black paint transfer on the port side. When I returned to Beyel on March 11, 2016 to obtain another witness statement and pictures of V3, I was advised that V3 had departed that morning at 0300 hrs. 
  
  When the vessel (V1) capsized, both occupants( Subject2 and Subject1) were ejected from the vessel. Subject2 and Subject1 both were wearing their life vest and were recovered from the water by Subject3. At this point both vessels (V1 & V2) had drifted
   
  