BECOMING AWARE OF AN APPROACHING STORM , BOAT#1 OPERATOR WITH WIFE ABOARD SOUGHT SHELTER BY DOCKING THEIR BOAT AT THE WASHINGTON ISLAND FERRY DOCK. WHILE DOCKED THE BOAT WAS ROCKED BY WAVES CREATED BY THE APPROACHING STORM AND BY ONE LARGE WAKE CREATED BY CABIN BOAT#2 - THAT PASSED NEARBY HEADING OUT TO THE SHIPYARD MARINA. BOAT#1 HUSBAND & WIFE WERE UNABLE TO KEEP THEIR BOAT FROM STRIKING THE DOCK FROM THE LARGE WAVE ACTION. $5,605 COST ESTIMATE TO REPAIR DAMAGE. BOAT#1 CALLED AUTHORITIES WHO CONTACTED A DNR WARDEN WHO CONTACTED THE WASHINGTON ISLAND POLICE DEPT TO CONTACT SHIPYARD MARINA PERSONNEL SHIPYARD STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT ONLY ONE LARGE BOAT HAD COME TO THE DOCK. THEY CONTACTED THE BOAT OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE BOAT NAMED 'HAT-TRICK'. AND THE DNR WARDEN MADE A FOLLOW-UP CONTACT WITH THE 'HAT-TRICK' BOAT OWNER WHO DENIED THAT HIS BOAT CREATED ANY BIG WAKE THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOAT#1. DNR WARDEN COMPLETED HIS OFFICER BOATING INCIDENT REPORT WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE - PROVIDED BY THE TWO BOAT OPERATOR-OWNERS.
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