RedactedNarrative: What: Vessel collided with another vessel
  When: Thursday 3rd of November, 2022 at approximately 1200 hours
  	On Friday November 4th 2022, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)  responded to a call at approximately 940 hours with Officer regarding a commercial construction vessel that had struck an unoccupied vessel at dock on November 3rd 2022, at approximately 1200 hours. 
  	Once I arrived on scene at approximately 1030 hours and made contact with the owner of the vessel that had been struck. He then invited us in to his backyard where his vessel is was located and I was able to view the damage and see both vessels as the striking vessel was still nearby on the waters of the state. Upon inspection of vessel I found a basketball sized hole in the rear port side of the vessel near the stern. Along with the hole there was several scrapes and evidence of paint transfer. As I inspected his vessel I found more damage to the gunwale as the rubber seal had popped off and near the door frame of the vessel stress fractures in the fiber glass which resulted in paint chips on the deck of the vessel. Vessel 1 had minimal to no damage just minor scrapes and paint transfer from vessel 2.
  	After taking pictures of the damage on both vessels I contacted the owner of the striking vessel which directed me to the operator of the vessel at the time of the incident. When I asked him what happened he said it was a windy day and he was trying to manuever the vessel (vessel 1) when he lost steering and the boat began to drift towards the port until it made contact with vessel 2. He stated that he tried to stop the vessels from colliding but there was nothing he could do. I then handed OP1 a sworn written statment to fill out. I then asked for documentation for the vessel he was operating which he could not provide.
  	As I looked at the documentation for both vessels I found that Vessel 1 had a registration that expired on June 30th 2022, Vessel 1 also did not have not have a registration decal displayed nor did it have a current or valid certificate of registration on board. At 1103 hours I issued a citation to OP1 for operating a vessel on the waters of the state with an expired registration. I also issued two warnings one for no current/valid certificate of registration on board and one for failiure to display/improper display of registration decal.
  Non-Criminal charges:
  Citation-
  F.S 328.72(13)(a) - Operate, use, or store a vessel on state waters with an expired registration.
  Warnings-
  F.S 328.48(5) - Boating-failiure to display/improper display of registration decal, failiure to remove expired decal.
  
  F.S 328.48(4) - No current/valid certificate of registration on board
  