RedactedNarrative: Monday August 1, 2016 at 8:30 PM we were on boat patrol in the Solomon's harbor.  We had responding to the Solomon's Yacht club to assist Calvert Sheriff's department with a disorderly on the property.  Once on scene, I learned that there was no disorderly person but a sailboat, being operated by operator1, had just struck a docked vessel. Visible damage was done to the docked vessel in the pulpit area.
  
    Upon investigation, Operator1 was attempting to dock a 25' Catalina sailboat (displaying MD 5789 AC registration) under power in moderate winds and slight chop.  The outboard motor was not lowered all the way down on the bracket and the propeller was coming out of the water with the swells of the waves.  Operator1 did not have full control of the sailboat and the bow of the sail boat struck the underside of the pulpit and anchor of the docked vessel (displaying MD 7710 AD registration) .  As a result of the collision visible stress fractures could be seen in the gel coat on the pulpit.
  
    Operator1 was borrowing the sailboat and did not have the sailboat's registration with him. When I ran the Maryland registration numbers through DNR they came back expired as of 2003  I was able to speak with the Sailboat's owner on the phone.  I asked Owner about the registration and she said that the sailboat was recently purchased in Maryland but registered in Virginia she just wasn't able to return to Maryland and put the new registration numbers on the sailboat yet. When asked what the Virginia registration numbers are she was unable to tell me.  She was however able to give me the H.I.N. number of the vessel (CTYK0354M78B). The H.I.N. number given did match the sailboat and what was listed through DNR for the registration numbers displayed on the sailboat. With the assistance of the licensing and registration department I was able to check with Virginia's licensing department and there is no vessel registered in the state with the H.I.N. given to me by Owner.
   At this time Operator1 has been charged with operating a vessel on the waters of the state with expired certificate of numbers.  Trial has been set for October 17th, 2016 at 1:00 Pm. All events occurred in Calvert County.
  