RedactedNarrative: On august 7, 2019 at approximately 2:49 p.m., operator1 was operating his vessel,  a 47 ft. Grand banks in the southport marina.  Operator1 was attempting to dock the vessel in the marina when the incident occurred.  Based upon interviews and video provided by the marina, it appears that operator1 was attempting to make a starboard turn into one of the slip lanes.  It appears that he did not think the vessel could make the turn, so he put his vessel into reverse in order to back up and create more room for the turn.  While in reverse, the port stern of his vessel contacted the starboard stern side of a docked documented vessel, a 65' sea ray.  The impact of the vessel resulted in fiberglass and hull damage to docked vessel, and also caused swim platform damage on the vessel being operated by operator1. The incident was a very slow speed collision which resulted from operator inattention and was not reckless in nature.  Alcohol and drugs did not contribute to this incident and both vessels were equipped with the proper safety equipment.  None were needed or utilized in this particular incident.
  
  
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