RedactedNarrative: Vessel Operator #1 Stated:  "I was going forward to exit my slip.  I put my port engine forward, starboard back as I left my slip.  The wind caught me, pushing me into the other boat.  My forward pulpit frame hit the boat bending the frame". 
  
  Investigation Revealed:  Operator #1 was underway in Vessel #1 exiting his boat slip located at Lanoka Harbor Marina.  Vessel #1 was traveling in a north bound direction attempting to exit the marina.  As operator #1 was turning to his port side, traveling west.  He failed to maintain his heading and the bow's pulpit of his vessel struck vessel #2's pulpit, which was docked in the Lanoka Harbor Marina in slip.  Vessel #2 was subsequently pushed backwards causing it to strike a dock piling.  Vessel #2 sustained damage to the vessel's diving platform and ladder, pulpit, and deck surface.  Vessel #1 sustained damage to the pulpit and deck surface.  There were no report injuries while on-scene.  There no summons issued in reference to this vessel accident.
   