RedactedNarrative: ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:37, WILDLIFE OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE BY CAROLINA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT OF A BOAT INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE WATERWAY BEHIND A RESTAURANT.  
  AT 13:30 ON JANUARY 4, 2021, OFFICERS INTERVIEWED MANAGER OF A RESTAURANT.  HE ADVISED THAT HE OBTAINED SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM THE BUSINESSES SECURITY CAMERA OF A VESSEL (V1) NAMED “LIBERTY” OPERATED BY OPERATOR 1 TRYING TO DOCK HIS BOAT AT THE RESTAURANT'S WATERFRONT DOCK.   LATER THAT AFTERNOON AT 16:30 OFFICERS INTERVIEWED OPERATOR 1 AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, AT HIS HOME. 
  AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MANAGER, OPERATOR 1 AND REVIEWING THE SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TOOK PLACE:  THERE WAS A STRONG SOUTH WIND (APPX. 10-15 KNOTS) AND SLACK TIDE. (HIGH TIDE 20:51).  OPERATOR 1 WAS HEADING IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION ATTEMPTING TO DOCK HIS VESSEL TO STOKED WATERFRONT DOCK.  AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS, OPERATOR 1 WAS ABLE TO GET A PASSENGER ONTO THE DOCK WITH A LINE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE PORT (LEFT) STERN (REAR) SIDE OF VESSEL 1.  OPERATOR 1 AND PASSENGER STATED THE LINE WAS ATTACHED TO THE DOCK CLEAT.  OPERATOR 1 WAS MOVING AT APPX 2-3 KNOTS AWAY IN A SOUTH WEST DIRECTION HEADING FROM THE DOCK WHEN THE DOCK WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE PYLONS.  FOUR PYLONS WERE DISPLACED OR BROKEN.  OFFICERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE PYLONS WERE BROKEN OR MOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PLACE OF INSTALLATION DUE TO THE WATER LEVEL.  
  OPERATOR 1 SAID THAT THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO HIS VESSEL AND MANAGER SAID HE WAS ADVISED TO DO A REPORT AND CONTACT A DOCK REPAIR COMPANY FOR AN ESTIMATE.  
  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
  NO CHARGES FILED.
  
  
  