On June 13th 2023, at approximately 1300 hrs, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received a call that a vessel had struck a dock and had sustained damage to the vessel. The accident occurred behind a rental house in the canal of Port Charlotte, Charlotte County. The operator was attempting to undock from the seawall when the wind took the bimini of the vessel faster than the operator could react. He accelerated forward instead of backwards and the bimini of the pontoon vessel was ripped off on the port side. The momentum of the vessel moving forward did not cause any damage to the neighbors dock or pilings. The bimini also ripped the back seat. The wind conditions were between 7-14 mph and the current was slow.  The weather conditions were clear.
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