RedactedNarrative: On 11/26/2021 around approximately 10:00 AM, I, OFC of the Maryland Natural Resources Police was dispatched to a boating emergency in the Choptank River in Dorchester County. The communications center advised that there was a sailboat located in the area of the Malkus Bridge in Cambridge, MD that looked like it was in distress. I made contact with the caller who stated that the sailboat had already struck the Malkus Bridge disabling the mast and was now stuck in-between the Malkus Bridge and the Bill Burton Fishing Pier.
  
      I responded to the Natural Resources Police patrol vessel located in the Cambridge Yacht Basin. When I arrived on scene at approximately 10:20 AM, I determined that there were two people on board the sailboat and that the vessel was disabled with no mast and anchored in-between the Malkus Bridge and the Bill Burton Fishing Pier. With steady winds of 20 MPH and gusts of 30 plus MPH coming from the Northwest, I determined that, with the sailboat being disabled and nonfunctional, that it was unsafe for the individuals to be on that vessel. Both people on board were then transferred over to my patrol vessel to be transported to Franklin Street.
  
  Both subjects refused medical treatment from EMS. Operator advised me that the vessel was registered to him and that he was the captain of the vessel at the time of the accident.
  
      Operator advised that he and his father Subject1 had departed from the Cambridge Yacht Basin and were headed towards Havre de Grace. After exiting the breakwater of the basin, the vessel was under power with the bow into the wind. However the 15 horsepower motor that was equipped on the sailboat did not have enough power to maneuver the sailboat in the strong winds. The captain then attempted to set sail with no luck. When Operator realized that the wind was pushing the sailboat towards the Malkus Bridge, he then tried to set anchor on 2 separate occasions with no luck. At this time, the sailboat struck the bridge disabling the mast. After colliding into the Malkus Bridge, Operator was able to set the anchor in-between the Malkus Bridge and the Bill Burton Fishing Pier which was when I made contact with them.
  
      Around approximately 11:15 AM, another call came in stating that the same Sailboat that was secured by the anchor had broken free and was now adrift. SGT of the same agency and myself responded back to the scene to find the sailboat stuck underneath the Bill Burton Fishing Pier.  Operator was advised. At this time he made his own disposition for a tow and contacted BoatUS for an emergency tow. SGT and I remained on scene until 12:30 PM to make sure that the sailboat was secure and would not break free. It was determined that the sailboat was secure under the bridge and that it would not go adrift until BoatUS could come remove the sailboat.
  
      The sailboat was registered to Operator and displayed Maryland registration 3318 BL. The Sailboat was 33 feet and made in 1982 by Newport. It was equipped with a 15 horsepower engine and displayed the name “Sine Timore”.
  
      On the morning of 11/27/2021 BoatUS removed the sailboat from under the fishing pier and towed it to the Cambridge yacht Basin. All pictures have been added to this report along with the watercraft accident report. The owner, Operator, estimates damages anywhere from $15,000-$30,000 making this a reportable boating accident.
  
      No damage was observed on the Malkus Bridge where the mast of the sailboat made contact.
  
      All Events occurred in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  