RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, June 18, 2017, we were on patrol in the area of Hampton River, Hampton Point Marina off St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia.  At approximately 1500 hours I observed a blue and white Nauticstar vessel attempting to dock his vessel in a slip at the Hampton Point Marina and seemed to be having trouble due to the strong wind and heavy tide at the time.  He attempted several times to get his vessel into the slip but continued to have problems.  On one attempt, his vessel hit the fixed dock at the marina and turned sideways on the dock.  At another attempt to get the vessel into the slip, he again got sideways on the dock and while trying to avoid further damage to his vessel or the dock, he throttled his vessel up making a turn to the starboard side and striking his port quarter against the motor of a vessel that was tied to the floating dock in another slip.
  
  	After witnessing this accident, we tied our patrol boat up at the marina and offered assistance to Operator.  I surveyed the damage to both vessels.  Operator's vessel had a large scratch down the port side that appeared to be well through the gel coat.  The vessel also had a crack that was through the fiberglass on the port quarter which would have correlated with when he struck the motor of the other vessel.  The crack was approximately 12 inches in length.  The width was approximately 1.5 inches and was splintered from the puncture.  The damage to the Sportsman vessel appeared to be a bent skeg on the Yamaha VMax 250 of which the tip of the skeg was broken off.  I was able to make contact with Hampton Point Marina staff and identify who the owner of the Sportsman vessel was.  The owner of the Sportsman vessel came to the marina to check on his vessel.  While doing so, I gathered his vessel information for the report.  Both men exchanged information on scene and I gathered all information for reporting purposes.  
  
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