TMK988
New Member
Any one who has followed some of my threads will know that I have had kind of a tough first season with my first boat ('06 290DA), well, my season ended today with a call from my local police asking me if that Sea Ray sitting on the rocks was mine? It was! I was moored. The boat was about 300 yards from my mooring sitting on sand and small rocks. I just about cried (I may not be the manliest guy on this forum). It took me easily a month and a half to get things sorted out, including being sea sick every time I looked at the boat. About three weeks ago I finally started to enjoy the whold boating experience you guys have been enjoying for a while. The boat still had the mooring ropes on the cleats, the are in great shape. The two ropes gave way underwater, I guess there is a ring down there connecting them to the chain thaty went bad. I rent the bouy and the guy who put it in doesn't seem to think any of this is his fault. The damage doesn't look so bad, some cosmetic damage to the blue hull, scraps and such. I have spent more time polishing and cleaning the boat than driving it (I have to admit that I do enjoy that part of ownership). The boat was sitting on the outdrives and I suspect that there will be issues with them. My insurer is BoatUS and they came and grabbed the boat at high tide with little fuss. The people I have been dealing with at the insurance company have been very gracious so far. I was hoping to get another month out of the boat before putting it away. Well... thank you for letting me vent and for so much great advice during my short first boating season. I guess next year couldn't be too much worse!