OPERATOR WAS PARKED AT A GAS PIER FACING THE LONG DOCK.  VESSEL 3 WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE STERN OF VESSEL 1 AND HAD PERSONS ON A TUBE FLOATING BEHIND IT.
VESSEL 2 WAS IN A LINE OF BOATS TOED TO THE DOCK OFF OF VESSEL 1'S BOW.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD AND MAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT, INSTEAD OF PUSHING THE STERN OF HIS BOAT AWAY FROM THE DOCK AND THEN BACKING AWAY.  AS THE OPERATOR APPLIED THE THROTTLE AND TURNED, HE STRUCK VESSEL 2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SWIM PLATFORM AND TEARING A GASH IN HIS OWN VESSEL.  

THE OPERATOR TEN LOADED HIS VESSEL ONTO THE TRAILER AND PULLED IT OUT OF THE WATER.  THERE WAS NO ONE ON VESSEL 2.

VESSEL THREE IS MENTIONED BUT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.

***PLEASE NOTE:  THIS REPORT WAS MANUALLY ENTERED INTO BARD DUE TO CONTINUED TRANSMISSION ISSUES BETWEEN REPORT BEAM AND BARD.  ***

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