RedactedNarrative: On Saturday July 4, 2015 at approximately 1830 Sgt. was at the Wrightsville Beach Boating Access area performing field sobriety tests on a subject.  While he was performing the sobriety tests he heard a loud crash behind him at one of the boat ramps.  He turned around and observed a Carolina Skiff vessel operated by a male subject with the bow of the vessel up on the northern most dock at the access area.  He made note of the subject driving and finished performing his field sobriety tests on the subject he was with.  During this time a female subject got in the vessel and loaded it on to the trailer.  The male subject that had been operating started walking up the parking lot.  Sgt. approached the male subject and asked what he was doing.  He stated that he was going to put some things up in the vehicle and was planning on coming to Sgt. and informing him of the crash.  He stated that his friend had asked him to drive the vessel onto the trailer when she backed the trailer into the water.  He stated that he was not familiar with the vessel and ended up running the vessel onto the dock.  Sgt. asked  the subject how much alcohol he had to drink and he responded "a good bit".  Sgt. then performed field sobriety tests on operator and placed him under arrest for operating a vessel while impaired and operating a vessel in a reckless manner causing property damage.  operator was taken to the Wrightsville Beach Police Department where he blew a .15 blood alcohol content on the Intoximeter. 
   
      There was considerable damage to the dock and to the bow of the boat.  No one was injured in this incident.
   