RedactedNarrative: On 9/23/14 at approximately 8:00am, Operator and wife packed their sailboat for a trip to washington nc. The two left their dock and proceeded out of oriental and into the neuse river. Not long into the trip the two decided to cancel the trip and return home due to bad weather. Upon returning to the dock, victim proceeded to step to the mid ship area on the starboard side of the vessel and grab a dock line and prepare to step onto the dock and secure the stern of the vessel as they had done countless times. Note that the wind direction that day was pushing the vessel in the same direction of travel. The couple always docks with the starboard side of the vessel to the dock. While coming close to the doc, Operator placed the vessel in reverse to slow their forward momentum and stop alongside the dock. Then victim proceeded to step from the vessel to the dock with the dock line in her hand. 
   
  Note that the line was secured to the vessel and the loose end of the rope was in hand. Victim then stepped from the vessel to the dock. As soon as victim had both feet on the dock, she lost her balance and fell back towards the sail boat and was able to grab onto the top guide cable that went around the top deck of the boat. Operator stated at that point, there was only a two foot gap between the dock and the boat. At this point victim had two feet on the dock and her upper body leaning on the guide cables of the boat. The struggle of victim between the boat and dock caused the boat to be pushed farther from the dock and then allowing victim to fall into the water with the rope still in hand. 
   
  Operator saw the fall and immediately left the helm at the stern of the vessel and proceeded to the area on the boat directly above victim where she had fallen. Operator directed victim to move to the stern of the vessel and get to the ladder. Operator then left and went to drop the ladder. Victim made it to the ladder but was not able to climb up. Operator attempted to pull her up but was unable. This is when victim was suddenly and quickly pulled under the water. As victim was moving to the stern, the loose end of the rope which she had fallen into became caught in the prop. When victim fell into the water, she was immediately entangled in the rope with it wrapped around her body and wrist. Once the rope came in contact with the spinning prop, the rope began to spool up on the prop and shaft and build until the rope was completely tight between the prop and the cleat. Once the rope was tight, the prop was no longer able to spin and caused the engine to bog down and stop. Due to the fact victim was near the end of the rope, she was very quickly pulled underneath the vessel and then caught between the prop and the cleat on the top side of the vessel. Once the rope was tight and the engine stopped, victim was trapped in the line between the prop and top side of the boat. At this point, Operator began to panic and started yelling for help. Operator then dropped the anchor on the bow of the vessel to keep from drifting farther away from the docks. At the time, their neighbor, was sitting on their back porch and was able to hear operator screaming for help. 
   
  Then neighbor ran down to the end of his dock and was within ten feet from the stern of vessel. The direction of the wind pushed the boat from dock to the end of neighbor’s dock. Neighbor yelled for Operator to throw him a line. Operator did that and Neighbor then pulled the vessel's stern directly to the end of his dock. Once the vessel was secured, Neighbor realized what was going on and proceeded to grab the line in which victim was attached. Neighbor saw that the line was stretched tight and he could not pull victim up from underneath the boat. Neighbor then entered the water and followed the line down until he reached victim's right hand. Neighbor then tried to pull her out and again was not able. After 911 was called, first responders were toned out at approximately 9:44am. First resp