RedactedNarrative: On 05/14/2015 i was dispatched to a boating incident at river's rest marina in charles city county virginia.  The incident involved a commercial barge and 2 recreational boats that were tied to the dock.  I contacted the uscg to determine if they were going to investigate, or if dgif was going to do the investigation.  They returned my call several hours later and said that they would not be doing an investigation.
  
  I took photographs of involved vessels.  A 1989 46' holiday mansion houseboat had abrasions to the hull on the bow and a crease in a metal plate on the starboard side of the bow.  A 1990 45' bayliner motor yacht had several places on the bow that the gel coat had been chipped down to the fiberglass.  It also had the plastic casing of the bow light broken.  The 20'x50' barge, and boat pushing the barge, a 1977 28' uniflite work boat had no visible damage.
  
  On 05/15/2015 i contacted the operator of the barge/uniflite.  Operator1 said that he was coming into the ramp to load pilings.  He realized that the tide was too strong to control his boat in the tight area.  He shifted to reverse to back out of the marina.  When he did, one of the engines stalled.  Before he could restart the engine, the barge drifted into two boats that were tied up to the dock.  Operator1 has insurance through scottsdale insurance.  I obtained a written statement from operator1.
  
  I also spoke to subject2 was on the barge at the time of the incident.  He told me the same thing as operator1.  I obtained a written statement.
  
  This incident was a result of equipment failure and no charges will be placed.