RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated "When I went out to go fishing it was completely calm. While I was fishing in the inlet, the current changed and it quickly got very rough so I started the motor to go in. When the motor started I pulled the anchor up but the motor died and I saw that I was drifting toward the jetty so I threw the anchor again but it didn't hold. The motor started for a second but died again and the boat hit the jetty."
  
      Investigation at the scene revealed that operator #1 was fishing on the south side of Townsends Inlet, in the area of the Ocean Drive seawall / jetty. Due to high winds and a change in the direction of the current, the sea conditions reportedly turned from clam to rough. At that time operator #1 reportedly started the vessel's outboard motor which stalled and would not re-start. When attempts to restart the outboard were unsuccessful, operator #1 deployed the anchor to stop the vessel from drifting onto the jetty. Attempts to restart the motor and keep vessel #1 from drifting onto the jetty met with negative results due to the anchor failing to hold. Impact occurred when vessel #1 was pushed onto the jetty by the NE wind and incoming tide. At that time operator #1 reportedly jumped from the vessel onto the jetty. Vessel #1 remained at that location, being battered against the rock jetty, until SeaTow arrived and towed same to the Avalon Marine Center.  No injuries were observed and operator #1 refused medical treatment.