RedactedNarrative: On 04/11/2020 at around 16:45, a pontoon boat struck the guest dock at Twin Creeks Marina on Tims Ford Lake.  The Bennington Pontoon boat was owned by Operator 1.  Operator 1 was driving the boat prior to the collision with the dock and his wife, Operator 2, was operating the boat at the time of the collision.  
  
  Operator 1 was attempting to dock the pontoon boat at the Twin Creeks Guest Dock so that he and his wife could pick up some food from the restaurant.  Whenever Operator 1 would pull up to the dock and put the boat in neutral, the bumpers on the boat would hit the dock and the boat would bounce off and start to drift away from the dock before they could get it tied off.  
  
  Operator 2 tried to reach over the side of the railing on the pontoon boat and grab a cleat on the dock, but she could not reach it.  After 3-4 attempts to dock the boat, Operator 1 started the boat towards the dock and then attempted to put the boat into neutral, went out the gate on the port side of the boat, and stepped onto the dock.  
  
  Operator 1 grabbed onto the railing of the boat while he was standing on the dock to attempt to hold it in place until they could get it tied up.  Operator 1 realized that when he thought that he had put the boat into neutral, he had actually shifted the boat into reverse.  The boat was going backwards away from the dock while Operator 1 tried to hold onto it.  
  
  Operator 1 asked Operator 2 to put the boat into neutral.  Operator 2 does not have much boating experience and accidentally pulled the throttle further into reverse.  The pontoon boat was rotating backwards around the end of the dock towards another boat while Operator 1 was trying to hold onto it. 
  
  Operator 1 jumped back onto the boat and went to the console to assist his wife with operating the boat.  Operator 2 then shifted the throttle well passed neutral into forward gear.  The boat went forward, 
  
  Operator 1 fell on the floor near the back of the boat, and the boat struck hard into the end of the guest dock.  A witness said that the end of the dock moved approximately 10-15 feet when the boat struck it.  
  
  A bystander ran over to the boat and put it in neutral and helped them get tied to the dock.  Operator 1 said that he was not hurt in his fall and did not go to the hospital.  Both of the pontoons on the boat were damaged on the front ends.  The estimated cost to replace both pontoons was around $7500.  The dock had some of the plastic bumpers on the end broken off and others cracked.  The dock had some visible warping/bending that could be seen while standing on it.  There was also a metal sign that was between two metal posts that was warped from the dock moving.  The Marina Manager advised, after having the dock looked at,  that 2 sections of the dock frame would have to be replaced as well as some of the plastic bumpers and the sign.  The estimated cost to fix the damage to the dock and sign was around $12000.