RedactedNarrative: On the morning of April 8, 2016 around 0830 hrs I, Officer #1 of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was on duty in the area of the West Ocean City Commercial Harbor when I witnessed a light blued hulled recreational fishing vessel to be coming into the boat ramp with some difficulty. I exited my vehicle to lend a hand to the operator who was the only person on board. After a line was tossed to me and the vessel was secured to the dock I noticed small amounts of blood on the rail of the boat and then glass inside the vessel. I radioed to Sgt. #1 of the same agency and asked if he could meet me back at the ramp to assess damage. He met me there within a minute.  The captain, later identified as Operator1 from Middletown, DE, advised me that he had attempted to exit the Ocean City Inlet about a half hour ago but was met with heavy seas on the south side of the inlet. He told me that once he was out of the inlet and passed the jetties, he turned his vessel towards the right (south) and continued to travel for a brief period of time. He then said he was met with a large wave that came crashing over the bow of his vessel and blew out his windshield as well as the cabin hatch and cut him on the hand. In a panic to get out of the danger area he turned the vessel north just before another two waves hit him hard on the starboard side which continued to soak the inside portion of the hull and cabin. Operator1 was able to operate the vessel back into shore without further issue when I met hit at the dock to assess the damage. That is when Operator1 noticed that he had wrapped a dock line around his port motor and lost 5 rod and reel combinations that were Tiagra 50W.
  
        We looked over the vessel and noticed the windshield was blown out, the hard top was partially ripped off, water had spread into the cabin area over the microwave and radio equipment, and various equipment to be scattered around the boat. Pictures were taken of all the damage and are attached to this report. Operator1 gave a rough estimate of the damages to be $15,000. 
  
        Operator1 then backed his trailer into the water while Sgt. #1 and I helped him load the vessel safety onto the trailer. Once the boat was hauled out of the water, an assessment of the hull was taken and found that there was no damage to the hull. Both I and Sgt. #1 cleared the scene around 1000 hours. 
  
        All events occurred in Worcester County, MD.
  