On 5/28/23 two boats were involved in a minor collision on the Coralville Reservoir near an area commonly known as “Bohemie Beach.” Vessel 1, a red Scarab driven by V1 Operator was weaving in and amongst multiple anchored boats to approach the shoreline beach at idle speed. As he was driving his boat, he approached too close to Vessel 2, a maroon Sea Ray, which was anchored with its engine off. The occupants of the Sea Ray attempted to alert V1 Operator to the closeness of their vessels and a passenger on board the Sea Ray attempted to push the Scarab away from their boat. However, when a wave came in, it pushed the port side stern of the Scarab into the port side bow of the Sea Ray. 

When I made contact with the Scarab later that day, V1 Operator and V1 Owner told me that they had been struck by an anchored boat. V1 Operator showed me a few small cracks and a gouge they attributed to the incident. When V1 Operator was asked whether he believed the damage sustained would be over $2000.00, V1 Operator said that he worked in a body shop and he didn’t believe that the damage would exceed $2000 to fix. V1 Owner later called to report an estimate of $8276.00 worth of damage to the Scarab. The estimate was obtained from the same body shop company where V1 Operator worked. 

The Sea Ray sustained scratches and gouges to the hull on the port side bow. 

The collision was seen by an impartial witness who provided a detailed description of the event.
Coralville Reservoir
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