Monday, April 26, 2010

Potloads of It...Our Last Post

There definitely is a first time for everything and, in all of our miles and years on water, today is the first time anyone ever ran into us.  Not just ran into us with their boat but really whanged us.  It is a good thing we have a steel boat because if this had been a fiberglass boat, we would have been severely damaged. 

Unfortunately, we were not here to try to prevent the collision because we were out hunting up a birthday card for a special grandson's 13th.  Poor Yogi-dog was in the boat alone and the thump must have startled him.

We are parallel parked at this marina and as the boat in front of us was leaving,somehow it backed into us and hit our rail, bending it.  They must have been going way too fast since their boat is brand new with a bow thruster and tons of power.  Too bad we weren't here because it is a mystery to us just how they managed to run into our poor old boat.

 The boat that hit us is bigger than the one in front of us in the picture.

They did leave their name, address and telephone number so when we called them, they promised to meet us at our next port of call to arrange payment for the damages.  They will.

We need to remember to be gracious about this.  Most boats have minds of their own so to keep it all in perspective, we could have been the hittor instead of the hittee.  Scary thought!

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