Steve500dancer
Member
- Jul 13, 2009
- 868
- Boat Info
- 1996 500 sundancer
2001 340 sundancer sold
2001 270 Rinker sold
1996 240 sundancer sold
- Engines
- Twin 6v92 Detroit deisels
I had gone over to chat with a buddy for a few minutes on another dock on Saturday when I heard a loud crash from my dock. Then another crash and again another crash. Then I hear that one of our dock mates is in trouble. I immediately jump off my buddies boat and head back to my dock. When I get to my dock my wife is on a friends boat holding our 1 month old grandson and crying. She proceeds to tell me our boat is ruined and probably going to sink. At that point my only concern was my wife's and grandsons safety. I am happy to say that everyone was fine. My boat wasn't destroyed or sinking.
Turns out that our friend that owns a 55' house boat caught the wind and blew up against our boats anchor and hit pretty hard. Then he panicked and put it into forward and hit the throttles again and hooked my anchor through his window and slammed my boat hard against the docks port side. Then he hit the throttles again and hit my boat yet again put the anchor through another one of his windows. And slammed my boat into the docks starboard.
The damage to my boat doesn't look to bad. The anchor is twisted pretty bad, the pulpit rub rail and around the gel coat is beat to hell, took a chunk out of the gel coat about an inch on the port side, crack on the swim platform and most concerning is a crack I found at the port side rear at the transome. I didn't see it happen. However, from everyone's account of it. My boat was hit 3 times real bad and everyone expected a lot of damage. I am going to make sure the insurance company pulls the boat and have it checked thoroughly for damage. I am probably going to demand that they replace the windless. It was working perfect on Friday then Sunday it almost felt like it was binding up. Oh yea even the support on the dock is bent all to hell.
Steve
He has full insurance and has allready contacted them with the claim.
Turns out that our friend that owns a 55' house boat caught the wind and blew up against our boats anchor and hit pretty hard. Then he panicked and put it into forward and hit the throttles again and hooked my anchor through his window and slammed my boat hard against the docks port side. Then he hit the throttles again and hit my boat yet again put the anchor through another one of his windows. And slammed my boat into the docks starboard.
The damage to my boat doesn't look to bad. The anchor is twisted pretty bad, the pulpit rub rail and around the gel coat is beat to hell, took a chunk out of the gel coat about an inch on the port side, crack on the swim platform and most concerning is a crack I found at the port side rear at the transome. I didn't see it happen. However, from everyone's account of it. My boat was hit 3 times real bad and everyone expected a lot of damage. I am going to make sure the insurance company pulls the boat and have it checked thoroughly for damage. I am probably going to demand that they replace the windless. It was working perfect on Friday then Sunday it almost felt like it was binding up. Oh yea even the support on the dock is bent all to hell.
Steve
He has full insurance and has allready contacted them with the claim.
