ON 7/31/2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 HRS, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN.  VESSEL 1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON LAKE NORMAN IN THE AREA OF THE DOCKS LOCATED AT THE BLUE PARROT RESTAURANT.

VESSEL 2 OPERATOR WAS NOT UNDERWAY AND WAS DOCKED IN THE FIRST BOAT SLIP ADJACENT TO THE BLUE PARROT RESTAURANT.

VESSEL 3 OPERATOR WAS NOT UNDERWAY AND WAS DOCKED IN THE SECOND BOAT SLIP ADJACENT TO THE BLUE PARROT RESTAURANT.  VESSEL 1 ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER TO DOCK AT THE AVAILABLE SLIP, WHILE MAKING A TURNING MANEUVER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE BOAT WAKE, THE STARBOARD RIGHT IDE OF VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE REAR OF THE MOTOR COVER.  WHILE CONTINUING TO MANEUVER VESSEL 1, VESSEL 3 WAS ALSO STRUCK ON THE REAR MOTOR COVER.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE REAR BACK PORT SIDE LEFT FENCE RAIL (ALUMINUM SCRATCHES.  VESSEL 2 AND 3 BOTH SUSTAINED SCRATCHES/CRACKING TO THE MOTOR COVERS.  NO OTHER VESSEL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

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LAKE NORMAN
MOORESVILLE                   