You are at your home marina and see another (new to the marina) boat coming back from an overnight cruise. You and another slip holder go to help him dock. He goes past his slip and tries to back up to the slip and in the process, he catches his bow rail on another boat's bow pulpit and takes a chip out of it (he has a thirty year old poorly maintained boat and the boat he hit is a 2015 trawler that just sold for $2.5K but hasn't been picked up yet).
We finally get him in his slip and he sends his buddy to look at the other boat. The buddy just glances and says "It's OK". The owner never looks himself and everyone gets off the boat and leaves.
I climb onto the new boat and look closely and there's an actual chip in the bow pulpit.
I checked with the marina manager and this guy never reported hitting the other boat.
What do you do in my position?
We finally get him in his slip and he sends his buddy to look at the other boat. The buddy just glances and says "It's OK". The owner never looks himself and everyone gets off the boat and leaves.
I climb onto the new boat and look closely and there's an actual chip in the bow pulpit.
I checked with the marina manager and this guy never reported hitting the other boat.
What do you do in my position?