OK, here's the deal:
My slip neighbor, my wife and I saw him hit the second boat. We are "witnesses". The guy who hit the boat is a new slip holder at the marina with a pretty junky old boat.
The boat that was hit was a nearly new Ranger Tug with 15 hours on the engine and was in perfect shape. It is a brokerage boat from the dealership adjacent to the marina. I know the broker personally and we are Facebook friends. The boat has been sold but has not been picked up yet by the new owner. He has (obviously) seen the boat and it had not been hit when he saw it.
The damage was pretty minor, pretty much a chip but all three of us observed the contact and the hit left fresh fiberglass or gelcoat splinters which were still there. It was far from a police matter.
I messaged the broker about the incident and he messaged me back that he would look at it the next day.
The marina manager (Dockmaster if you will) was off on Sunday but the lady who answers the phone (also a friend) was there and I asked her later in the day if the guy who hit the boat reported it and she said he hadn't so I reported it to her to be passed on to the manager.
The reason I did what I did is, I know the broker and I would hope that other people at the marina would report someone hitting my boat. Obviously, the guy who did the hitting should have looked at the boat he hit himself and should have reported this to the marina manager. I'm disappointed that he did not because the next time it might be my boat that he hits.
It was a bad day at the marina on Sunday. There were three minor boat wrecks and the fork lift driver took out 16 feet of metal fence.
I'm thinking of hanging old car tires all around my boat.
My slip neighbor, my wife and I saw him hit the second boat. We are "witnesses". The guy who hit the boat is a new slip holder at the marina with a pretty junky old boat.
The boat that was hit was a nearly new Ranger Tug with 15 hours on the engine and was in perfect shape. It is a brokerage boat from the dealership adjacent to the marina. I know the broker personally and we are Facebook friends. The boat has been sold but has not been picked up yet by the new owner. He has (obviously) seen the boat and it had not been hit when he saw it.
The damage was pretty minor, pretty much a chip but all three of us observed the contact and the hit left fresh fiberglass or gelcoat splinters which were still there. It was far from a police matter.
I messaged the broker about the incident and he messaged me back that he would look at it the next day.
The marina manager (Dockmaster if you will) was off on Sunday but the lady who answers the phone (also a friend) was there and I asked her later in the day if the guy who hit the boat reported it and she said he hadn't so I reported it to her to be passed on to the manager.
The reason I did what I did is, I know the broker and I would hope that other people at the marina would report someone hitting my boat. Obviously, the guy who did the hitting should have looked at the boat he hit himself and should have reported this to the marina manager. I'm disappointed that he did not because the next time it might be my boat that he hits.
It was a bad day at the marina on Sunday. There were three minor boat wrecks and the fork lift driver took out 16 feet of metal fence.
I'm thinking of hanging old car tires all around my boat.