RedactedNarrative: On the afternoon of Friday the 26th of May, vessel 1 operator and his wife were leaving from Bridge Tender Marina in Wilmington. They had finished lunch at the restaurant adjacent to Bridge Tender Marina and at approximately 3:15 pm, they untied their rented Carolina Skiff from the dock.  As they were exiting the marina basin into the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, they were caught by the wind and current and started to drift towards a parked vessel.  Operator1 then began to shift from forward to reverse several times.  Each time he went into forward and reverse gear, the throttle went further away from the neutral position. The last time he shifted into forward gear, the throttle was pushed all the way forward causing the vessel to launch forward and strike a fixed pylon. The vessel then rode up the pylon, as if it was riding up a ramp, the pylon snapped under the weight of the vessel causing the vessel to land on top of vessels 2 and 3.  Operator1 and Occupant fell into the vessel but were not injured during the incident.  Operator1's vessel landed his vessel on the transom and back deck plate of vessel 2 and the bow of Operator1's vessel came to rest on the port bow side of vessel 3.
  
  Operator1 rented the vessel in Wrightsville Beach from Nauti-Times Boat Rentals earlier that day and was headed back to Sea Path Yacht Club to return the vessel.  Officer arrived at Bridge Tender Marina around 4:00pm the same day.  When Officer arrived, he noticed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Operator1's person.  Officer asked Operator1 to perform the seated battery of Standardized Field Sobriety Test to determine if Operator1's mental and physical faculties were impaired.  Operator1 did not perform the SFSTs as directed by Officer.  At that time Officer asked Operator1 to submit to a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT).  The Preliminary Breath Test result was a positive for alcohol.  Operator1 was placed under arrest for Operating While Impaired and transported to the Wrightsville Beach Police Department for an Intox EC/IR II test.  At 5:29 pm, Operator1 submitted to an Intox EC/IR II test and the results were a .25.
  
  Vessel 1 suffered minor fiberglass cracks to the underside of the bow.
  Vessel 2 received bow cap and hull damage that compromised the integrity of each, as well as chips in hull fiberglass, and instability in the motor/ motor mount.
  Vessel 3 received structural integrity damage along with chips and scratched in the fiberglass and gel coat
  
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