RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1: was being operated by subject1, who was accompanied by his wife and two children. Subject1 launched his boat from long island boat ramp, then eventually docked his boat (bow forward) in one of the central slips on the nw side of the public docks at apps and taps restaurant at approximately 1:30pm. Once the boat was secured at the dock the family entered the restaurant for lunch. 
  
  Vessel 2 was accompanied by three others.  Operator2 had rented the boat from crown pontoon boat rentals on lake norman.  Around 2:15pm, operator2 entered the waterfront at apps and taps restaurant.  Operator2 had intended to pull into the boat slip that was to the left of subject1's boat.  As operator2 approached the docks, she noted that there was a fishing boat to the left of the docks that was impeding her ability to make a wide sweeping counter clockwise turn into the slip.  
  
  Operator2 attempted to avoid the fishing boat by performing a tight turn to the right but realized she was going too fast and was going to miss the slip.  In an effort to correct her entry, she turned the wheel hard left then engaged the engine in reverse.  The motion from the reverse left made the bow of the boat swing to the right causing the front portion on operator2's left pontoon to strike the back-left portion of subject1's pontoon approximately 6 inches forward of the end cap weld joint. (please note: subject1's vessel was not being operated by anyone at the time of this incident).
  
  Damage: subject1's left pontoon sustained a vertical dent approximately 6 inches forward of the end cap weld joint. The dent was approximately 10 inches in length and was indented/depressed by approximately 2 inches.
  
  
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