RedactedNarrative: At approximately 9:00am on may 31, 2015, operator was operating a 21' southern skimmer flat bottomed skiff heading in an easterly direction in a creek which was near to and ran parallel to the icw in the area of bogue sound.  Operator was bringing the vessel which belonged to his friend back to dock which.  In order to get to that dock, operator had to navigate around a shoal.  This would require him to travel east in the creek's main channel past the dock and the shallow shoal to turn to port and to return west down the creek in a secondary channel to the dock.  
   
  Operator attempted to make the turn to port sharply and at an estimated speed of 20-25 mph.  While making that turn, the vessel's flat bottom started to slide on the water's surface which caused the starboard side of the vessel to suddenly and momentarily dig into the water before continuing to slide.  This digging action caused the vessel to suddenly slow down and threw operator over the starboard side of the vessel, out of the vessel and into the water.  The vessel continued running and began to circle around operator.  After circling operator twice, the vessel which was still traveling at an estimated speed of 20-25 mph struck the pylon of a dock on the starboard side of the front of the bow.  The vessel then became stuck on the dock.
  
  Good sam ran over and turned the engine off.  Operator swam to shore and met with a cape carteret pd officer who took down his information.  Operator then inspected the vessel, found it to be still operational and took the boat back to his intended destination - the dock.
  
  Operator stated there was no vessel traffic, waves, wakes or noticeable wind at the time of the incident.  Operator also stated this was maybe his third time operating this vessel and he was not familiar in general with operating vessels with flat bottomed hulls.  Alcohol and drugs were not suspected to be contributing factors.  It appears this incident resulted from operator making a sharp turn at high speed while not being familiar with the handling dynamics of a flat bottomed skiff.
  
  The dock which was struck by the vessel sustained major damage.  At least one pylon was pushed over and the frame and walkway of the outer portion of the dock appeared to have sustained major damage.  Most of the damage to the vessel occurred to the starboard side of the front bow where the fiberglass was crushed and caved in.  The rubber rub rail on the starboard side of the vessel had also been knocked mostly loose.  The bracket on which the fire extinguisher was mounted near the transom was also broken from the impact.  Operator sustained no injuries.
   