RedactedNarrative: On 3/9/20 at approximately 1530 hours, I, Officer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), responded to a boating accident where a vessel tied to a piling at the dock, removed the piling from the dock in the process of docking.
  
  The vessel was in the process of docking, with Operator as the Captain, but was struggling due to wind conditions. Employees at Cabbage Key Marina were attempting to assist Operator by loosely tying a line from the starboard stern side of the vessel around a piling connected to the dock with an employee holding the end of the line. 
  
  The Cabbage Key dock master instructed Operator to slightly put the vessel in gear in order to guide the vessel with line that was tied around the piling. Operator misunderstood and applied too much gas causing the vessel to launch forward, removing the piling it was tied to from the dock.
  