RedactedNarrative: On April 13, 2015 at approximately 1630, Conservation Police Officer and I (CPO) responded to a boat accident with damage on Smith Mountain Lake near navigation marker R-21. 
  
  Operator and his wife were leaving their dock on Operator's 2004 Bryant. Operator, who was operating the boat, started towards the back of the cove after leaving his dock. Operator turned the boat around in the back of the cove. Being unfamiliar with the boat he had purchased the day before, Operator over accelerated when putting the boat in the forward position causing the boat to accelerate toward his dock hitting the dock pylon on the starboard side of the boat.  Operator's dock pylon was broken during the impact.  The boat then continued across the cove where it ramped onto the property.  Operator's boat came to rest approximately 15 feet into Yard.  There were no injuries during the incident.  There was minor damage to the yard and the boat dock owned by Operator.  Operator was issued summons and given a Bedford County court date of June 5, 2015 at 0900 hours.