RedactedNarrative: On August 11, 2016, operator1 was returning his personal watercraft to the dock at the Whalehead Club in Carolla.  Operator1 had an observer on board and was towing a four person tube occupied by four people.  
  
  When approaching the dock, Operator1 struck the propeller on the raised outboard motor of a vessel owned by the Currituck County Sheriff's Office that was moored at the end of the dock.  The steering mechanism was damaged on the Sheriff’s Office vessel and the starboard side of the PWC sustained damage to the fiberglass and rub rail.  The occupants of the PWC and persons being towed were all wearing PFDs.  There was no one on board the Sheriff's Office vessel at the time of the collision.