RedactedNarrative: On December 28, 2019 at approximately 1845 hours, I, Officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to a boating accident in Factory Bay near Marco Island.
  
  The report was of a vessel hitting a dock. 
  
  When I arrived on scene, the assistant dockmaster advised me that the accident happened around 1630 hours and he believed the operator of the vessel was picking up residents of Pier 81.
  
  The operator and the gentleman being picked up, came down stairs to talk to the assistant dockmaster, the dockmaster and I to tell us what happened. The operator advised us that the current started maneuvering his vessel and he was forced to quickly go in reverse and then quickly forward; launching the vessel in the floating dock. There was significant damage to the wood dock and a cleat was also broken. The vessel received gel-coat damage as well as slightly bending the boweye. The weather was clear. There was an outgoing tide and heavy boat traffic around that time.
  
  He has had between 10 and 100 hours of boating experience on other vessels, but minimal experience on the vessel he was operating at the time of the incident.
  