RedactedNarrative: On August 02, 2015 at approximately 09:30am, a boat incident occurred in the Skipper's Cove area of Lake Norman near Troutman, NC.   (V1) was operating a rental pontoon boat owned by Mourning Star Marina.   (V1) was starting to maneuver away from the dock at Mourning Star Marina when it struck (V2).   (V2) had docked his 22' Maxum at Mourning Star Marina around 8:00am to have it put into dry storage.  (V1) struck (V2) on the rear port side while it was moving away from the dock.
  
  (V1) was docked behind (V2).  (V1) untied from the dock and the operator started to back up to create room between (V1) and (V2).  (V1) put the throttle into forward gear and turned hard port.  The throttle then stuck and pushed the stern starboard side of (V1) into the stern port side of (V2).  No persons were injured.
  
  (V1) operator docked his boat and reported the accident to Mourning Star Staff inside the building.  A boat body worker inspected the damage and reported an estimate of $950.00.  See attachment    
  
  The analysis of the damage on the (V2) indicated that (V1) had struck (V2) on the port side in the stern with a glancing strike.  There is fiberglass damage and rub rail damage to (V2).  Gel-coat damage occurred to the swim platform.  Alcohol was not a contributing factor.
  The contributing factors of this accident was equipment failure.  No charges were filed against (V1) operator.
   