RedactedNarrative: ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2021 I, WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WAS PATROLLING ON WATER NEAR FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM DISPATCH AT APPROXIMATELY 17:13 HOURS.  I ARRIVED ON SCENE AT THE MOTTS CHANNEL SEAFOOD MARINA AT APPROXIMATELY 17:39 HOURS.  THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL BOAT MADE CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 AT A FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND RESIDENCE WHILE I WAS ON SCENE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.   ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:50 HOURS, 16-YEAR-OLD V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 20' 205 FREEDOM GRADY WHITE MOTORBOAT (VESSEL 1) IN MOTTS CHANNEL MARINA AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC.  THERE WERE TWO JUVENILE MALES AND ONE JUVENILE FEMALE ONBOARD VESSEL 1.  JUST BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED VESSEL 1 WAS DOCKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MOTTS CHANNEL SEAFOOD CUSTOMER DOCK WITH THE BOW FACING TOWARDS THE NORTH.  VESSEL 3 (21' 210SFX SCOUT) WAS TIED OFF TO THE SAME DOCK BEHIND VESSEL 1 WITH THE BOW FACING SOUTH.  ACCORDING TO MOTTS CHANNEL SEAFOOD EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS THERE WAS A STRONG INCOMING TIDE AND SOUTHERNLY WIND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  VESSEL 1 UNTIED FROM THE DOCK AND WENT FORWARD IN AN EASTERNLY DIRECTION ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND TO HIS STARBOARD AND DRIVE OUT OF THE MARINA.  ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, VESSEL 1'S OPERATOR PANICKED AND THROTTLED UP VESSEL 1 IN ATTEMPT TO QUICKLY TURN AROUND AND AVOID HITTING VESSEL 2'S BOW (22' 2200CC CENTURY).  VESSEL 2 WAS DOCKED IN A SLIP AT MOTTS CHANNEL SEAFOOD MARINA WITH THE BOW FACING NORTHWEST.  VESSEL 1'S PORT STERN SEAT AND ENGINE COWLING IMPACTED VESSEL 2'S ANCHOR PULPIT.  VESSEL 1 CONTINUED FORWARD DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARDS THE MOTTS CHANNEL SEAFOOD CUSTOMER DOCK.  VESSEL 1 THEN THROTTLED FORWARD TO TRY AND EXIT THE MARINA AGAIN.  VESSEL 1'S STARBOARD AFT SIDE CLOSE TO THE STERN IMPACTED VESSEL 3'S PORT SIDE STERN SWIM PLATFORM LADDER.  THE WITNESS TRIED TO STOP VESSEL 1, BUT VESSEL 1 CONTINUED INTO MOTTS CHANNEL FLEEING THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO ONE ONBOARD VESSELS 2 AND 3 AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE STERN SEAT, A LARGE DEEP SCRAPE TO THE PORT SIDE OUTBOARD ENGINE COWLING, AND A DEEP GOUGE IN THE FIBERGLASS HULL ON THE STARBOARD AFT SIDE NEAR THE STERN ABOVE THE WATERLINE.  VESSEL 2'S ANCHOR PULPIT WAS BENT FROM THE IMPACT.  VESSEL 3'S SWIM LADDER WAS DAMAGED FROM THE IMPACT.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.