RedactedNarrative: On November 13, 2015, I, OFC  responded for the report of a sailboater in distress. Investigation revealed that a sail boat lost power while underway in the Chesapeake Bay and the vessel operator was injured as he attempted to secure the vessel to a private pier. The operator was later taken to Queen Anne's Emergency Center. The vessel broke free from the pier, became grounded and heavily damaged along the shore line. 
  
  Initial Observations
  
      On November 13, 2015 at about 1439 hours, I, OFC, of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, received a call from dispatch in regards to a person reporting a sailboat in distress on the Chesapeake Bay. I subsequently called the reporting party asked about the situation. Reporting party advised that a sailboater was having difficulty docking to a neighbors pier as it was tied to a pier with a small line. I advised that I was enroute to the area to assist. 
  
      I arrived several minutes later and walked towards the Chesapeake Bay. As I got to the backyard, I saw a white male, who was wearing an inflatable PFD, walking with Queen Anne's County EMS Staff, towards the ambulance parked in the driveway. Victim had blood on his face and a heavily bandaged right hand. As Victim walked towards the ambulance I spoke with him about what happened. Victim advised that he was sailing up the Chesapeake Bay when his sailboat lost power. He advised that his boat drifted into the pier (at the house we were at), were he was able to tie the "main sail line" around a pier piling and then to an aft cleat. Victim advised that he cut his right hand on the pier's piling while he was trying to secure the vessel. I told him that I was going to look at the boat and then I would make contact with him in the ambulance. Victim begged me to help him secure the vessel but I told him to go with the EMS personnel as I was not going to let him get on the boat, as it was a risk to his well being. Victim advised that he wanted to walk to the boat with me. I told him that he could walk with me if he wanted to, but I urged him to go to the ambulance. Victim walked with me as I looked at the sailboat. The vessel was a 20"+ white colored sailboat, bearing registration "DC 3411 C" that was accompanied by a 2010 registration sticker. The sailboat had the name "Sugar Bear" posted on both sides of the vessel, to the rear of the mid-ship. The vessel had an attached older white colored Johnson outboard attached to the transom. The westward wind was blowing about 40 knots and the seas were about 4 to 5 feet in height. I walked over to the vessel to assess the situation and it became apparent that any attempt to board and/or secure the vessel would be impossible, as the boat violently rode the incoming waves. The temperature was in the 60's F. Victim advised that boat still belonged to his friend, as he was supposed to buy the boat but never completed the transaction. I told Victim that I would walk with him to the ambulance.
  
      At the ambulance, Victim provided me with his Arkansas Identification Card. Victim entered the ambulance to be treated. I spoke briefly to Victim about the vessel. He advised that the boat was his and explained that he bought the vessel from a friend about two days ago. Victim advised that he had a bill of sale for the vessel but did not properly transfer the title yet. EMS personnel advised that Victim was going to be transported to Queen Anne's County Emergency Center. 
  
     I walked back down to the boat to assess the situation. As I looked at the vessel, the line that secured the vessel to the pier snapped and the vessel began to drift in a easterly direction. As the vessel rode a wave, the boat's transom drifted slightly under the pier's, extended crab sluff box base. The aforementioned section of pier decking lifted from the supporting joists, and then settled back down after the boat drifted westward. The vessel then drifted into the rip-rapped shore line belonging to 130 Bay Drive, and came t