	On 08/03/2023 I, Corporal, received a call about a boating incident at the Brunswick Landing Marina.  While I was heading to the scene, I was made aware that the United States Coast Guard was on scene and that the operator of the vessel could possibly be impaired.  Once on scene I met with Operator1.  Operator1 told me he just bought the boat in Florida and was trying to get the boat to South Carolina.  He called ahead to the Marina and reserved a slip.  It was after dark when he arrived at Brunswick Landing Marina.  Operator1 pulled, bow in, to the slip in front of the Marina Office.  When he reversed his engines, he lost power to his port engine.  Losing power to the port engine caused the bow of his boat to swing and strike a stainless steel housing that was around a fuel hose reel.  After striking the hose reel, Operator1 restarted his port engine and backed out of the slip.  His port engine again shut off and the current and wind caused his vessel to lay sideways against the docks and the ZED4, a boat docked at Brunswick Landing Marina.  Operator1 said he steered his vessel to the port and in doing so the pulpit and anchor hit another vessel, the Tortuga on its port stern.  During my interview with Operator1, I never suspected he was impaired.  I gathered the information from his vessel and photographed the suspected damages to his boat, the ZED4 and the Tortuga.  I also retrieved some videos taken at the scene.  The Videos show just as Operator1 suggest.   	
	
	The next day I returned to the Brunswick Landing Marina to see the damages in the daylight.   Operator1 said he would be fixing his damages on his own.  I reached out to the owners of the Tortuga and the ZED4 as well.  After contacting the owner of the Tortuga, I explained to him that I thought the only damages to his boat were gel coat scrapes caused by the anchor on Operator1’s boat. The gel coat damage appeared to be about 2-3 inches long.  The owner of the Tortuga was not currently at the Marina to assess the damages to his vessel.  I suggested having someone give an estimate for the damages.  Without having a professional opinion, I valued the damages at $1 to complete this report.  It can be amended once the owner returns and receives an estimate.

	The owner of the ZED4 said that he lived out of State and would be coming to Brunswick the following week to assess the damage to his vessel.  It appeared that the ZED4 sustained gel coat damage as well to the stern.  A chunk of gel coat was missing and a scrape.  The damage was photographed. I told the owner of the ZED4 to call me when he made it to Brunswick to assess the damages.     *** On 08/09/2023 I was contacted by the owner of the ZED4 vessel.  The owner was concerned about an expensive piece of equipment that was mounted on the stern but said it did not appear to be damaged.  When I asked the owner of the ZED4 what he thought the damages would cost, he told me he didn't think they were substantial and would be repairing them on his own.  I spoke with the owner of the ZED4 via telephone.  He expressed his concerns with Operator1 operating a vessel with defective equipment.  He told me he believed it was irresponsible for the State to allow Operator1 to continue his voyage with motors that do not run properly.  I explained to him that we could not hold someone against their will just because they are having engine trouble.  He also told me that Operator1 should be required to complete some kind of vessel/boat competency class, which I explained the State does require but Operator1 was beyond the age requirements.  Because I was under the impression that subject was going to handle his own repairs, I did not initially put him in the report.
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