ON 7/13/2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 HS, THE TWO WITNESSES HEARD A COLLIGION AND SAW A VESSEL OPERATING NEAR THE STERN OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 WAS SITTING ON A LIFT AT POND DRIVE.  THE WITNESS WAS ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF VESSEL 2 BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS.

ON 7/14/23, THE OWNER OF VESSEL 1 CONTACTED ME ABOUT THE DAMAGES TO HIS VESSEL.  HE STATED THAT HIS PROP WAS BENT AND THAT THE SKEG WAS MISSING ABOUT 2 INCHES.  HE LOCATED THE VESSEL 2 LOCATED AT N KINSTON AVENUE.  I MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF VESSEL 2.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS COMING IN FROM FISHING WITH HIS SON AND GRANDSON WHEN A WIND GUST BLEW HIS VESSEL INTO THE VESSEL AND THE DOCK.  HE STATED THAT HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE IF ANY DAMAGES HAD OCCURRED BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY DAMAGE.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TO THE RESIDENCE ONCE TRYING TO CONTACT THE OWNER.

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