RedactedNarrative: On 05/27/2018 at approximately 6:15pm, a boating incident occurred on Lake Norman at the Peninsula Yacht Club boat docks in Cornelius North Carolina.  The Vessel was a 40' Latitude with Twin Diesel inboard 150 horsepower engines.  The boat is a cabin boat that is owned by Peninsula Yacht Club and was being operated by operator1. There were 8 total passengers on board.  The Vessel struck a docked vessel that was docked on the H dock at the Peninsula Yacht Club.  The docked vessel was a 42' Formula fountain boat.  No passengers were on board this vessel at the time of the collision. 
  
  Operator1 at the time was operating the 40' Latitude vessel during a parade for the Peninsula Yacht club.  Operator1 is a hired boat captain used by the yacht club.  On board the Vessel were another 8 boat captains.  Operator1 pulled in to an aisle of open water in between the fuel dock and Dock H, which is a dock that was lined with moored vessels.   As Operator1 pulled forward the fuel dock was on his port side and dock H was on his starboard side.  
  
  A passenger on board told Operator1 to dock the boat a different way.  Operator1 explained to do this he had to back up.  He put the boat into reverse to back out of the aisle and while backing at an idle speed, he noticed he was getting too close to the docked vessels on his starboard side.  When Operator1 noticed this, he went to correct it and his foot slipped causing him to knock the reverse lever.  Before he could correct the throttle, the vessel struck the moored 42' Fountain boat.  
  
  The 40' Latitude clipped the bow of the fountain boat causing the captain's chair to be knocked off its bracket and the starboard side corner of the wooden cabin to be crushed in.  The fountain boat was docked with the bow facing the water and the stern inside the slip.  The fountain boat sustained damage to the bow rail, and scratches to the starboard bow.  The air temperature was 82 degrees and the water temperature was 79 degrees.  The wind was less than 6 mph, and visibility was good with partly cloudy skies. 
  
  It appears the operator of the vessel became distracted and got too close to the moored vessels that were docked on dock H.  When the operator realized he was too close on his starboard side, he went to correct it and hit reverse too hard causing him to collide into the docked vessel.  This appears to be an incident that occurred because of operator inattention in a congested area.  No one will be charged as a result of the incident.  Operator1 is a captain with a lot of boating experience and was verbally warned to always keep a proper lookout.
  
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