Operator 1 stated via email: "As my vessel was turned to starboard to enter slip, combination of current catching keel and wind pushing vessel resulted in my vessel being spun 90 degrees.  Port side of my vessel was pinned against pilings located on outside of adjacent slips.  One of these slips contained the other vessel which sustained damage to anchor/bow roller assembly.  The other vessel was parked stern in/bow out with bow extending beyond pilings.  My vessel's port side came into contact with other vessel's anchor/bow roller assembly and in the process of trying to move my vessel away from the pilings multiple areas along my vessel's port side were scraped by the other boat's anchor."

Investigation revealed on 05/31/2023 V2 was docked, bow out, in a slip at the South Jersey Marina and was unoccupied at the time of the collision.  V1 entered the marina and was preparing to dock in an adjacent slip.  As Operator 1 attempted to maneuver into a slip, V1 was caught by the current and wind causing Operator 1 to lose directional control of his vessel.  This caused V1 to yaw approximately 90 degrees in a clockwise direction while simultaneously drifting westward, becoming pinned on its port side against the pilings outside the slip.  As V1 began to make way in a northbound direction the port side of V1 made impact with the windlass of V2 causing damage to same.

There were no injuries reported at the time of the incident.  

V1 sustained significant scratches and gouges along the port side hull.  V2 sustained damage to the windlass, damage to the bow where the anchor struck multiple times, as well as fiberglass damage in the anchor hatch caused by the shank of the anchor.


Schellenger Creek
Cape May                      