On 6-10-12 around 1000 hours, operator was operating his newly purchased boat on Glendo Reservoir.  He decided to load his boat back onto the trailer which was parked at the Indian Point boat ramp.  One of his friends backed the trailer into the water, while the other friend was still on the vessel with Operator.  Operator informed me that while driving his boat onto the trailer he ended up getting the boat positioned somewhat sideways on the trailer and it immediately began to take on water over the hull of the vessel.  Operator stated that within seconds, the boat was again completely off the trailer and it began to crash into the dock where it ended up pinned half-way under the dock.  The majority of the damage to the vessel occurred from the boat being pushed against the dock by the waves.  When I arrived the men had the boat out from under the dock and were slowly pulling it up the ramp with a tow rope hooked to their truck.  The men got the boat out of the water completely and a tractor was utilized from State Parks in order to load the boat back onto the trailer.  I estimated the damage to the bessel to be around $3,500 due to the large amount of fiberglass damage to the starboard side of the vessel, and the damage to both the trolling motor and the lower unit of the 40 horsepower Mercury motor.  Operator informed me that he was unaware if the vessel was insured as he had just purchased it, and that he had paid $400 for the vessel.  The swamping of this vessel and the damage from the dock was due to the high winds in a direction directly at the ramp, and most of the damage occurred from the boat crashing into the dock and the motor hitting the boat ramp below the water.
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