V1 WAS REVERSING FROM HIS SLIP IN THE ST PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL MARINA, AS IT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN EAST BOUND TURN THE OPERATOR STATED THAT THE WIND KICKED UP AND BLEW HIS VESSEL INTO V2 WHICH WAS DOCKED IN SLIP.  THE PORT SIDE OF V1 MADE CONTACT WITH THE STERN OF V2. OWNER OF V2 STATED THAT THE VESSEL STRUCK SO HARD THAT THERE ARE STRESS CRACKS IN HIS FIBERGLASS.  I ALSO OBSERVED A BENT BOARDING LADDER AS WELL AS SOME MINOR CLEARCOAT DAMAGE TO THE STERN OF V2.
TAMPA BAY/MUNICIPAL MARINA
ST. PETERSBURG                