RedactedNarrative: VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOOR ON THE WEST BANK NEAR SIGN 12 IN THE BRIDGEWATER CHANNEL WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VESSEL PRIOR TO BEACHING AND PUT VESSEL ONE INTO REVERSE.  WHILE IN REVERSE IT BACKED INTO VESSEL TWO WHICH WAS FACING NORTHBOUND IN THE CHANNEL.  
  
  VESSEL TWO WAS STATIONARY AS IT HAD JUST LEFT A NEAR BY MOORING SPOT ON THE WEST BANK JUST NORTH OF THE MOORING SPOT VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOOR AT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE ADVISED HIS THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN GEAR WHILE IN REVERSE PRIOR TO THE COLLISION SO HE SHUT THE BOAT OFF.  THE THROTTLE HANDLE OF VESSEL ONE WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO TENSION WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THROTTLE FAILURE.
  
  THE STERN OF VESSEL ONE WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE AS IT APPEARS THE SWIM LADDER COLLIDED WITH THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO.
  
  THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE A SCRATCH APPROX. EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH AND APPROX. AN INCH TALL (THROUGH THE GEL COAT AND INTO THE FIBERGLASS).