On 8/19/2023 at approximately 3:48 pm vessel #1 was pulling in to dock his boat between D dock and E dock.  Vessel #2 was docked getting gas at the end of D dock.  Vessel #1 stated it was very windy out and the wind pushed him too far North causing the anchor of his boat to strike Vessel #2''s front window.  The window was shattered due to Vessel #1''s anchor hitting it.  The owner/ operator of Vessel #2 stated that Vessel #1 was coming in too fast and could not control his boat due to the close quarter environment which caused the accident.

After conducting my investigation I have confirmed the incident that took place on 8/19/2023 at approximately 3:48 pm.  Vessel #2 was docked at the end of D Dock in Dusable Harbor getting gas.  At approximately 3:48 pm vessel #1 was coming out of C Dock and attempting to make a "C" turn around vessel #2.  Vessel #2 was facing South while vessel #1 was going East bound before making the "C" turn. While attempting the turn vessel #1 got too close to vessel #2 and the anchor on the bow of vessel #1 struck the front window of the stationary vessel #2 and shattered the window.  I was notified of the incident a few days later and reached out to both operators to find out what had happened.  I spoke to both operators to get each side of the story and both sides had a lot of similarities.  After conducting most of the investigation I asked V2 Operator, operator/owner of vessel #2, how much she would estimate the damages to be.  She stated she would estimate the damages to be around 6 thousand dollars.  After a period of time I reached back out to V2 Operator to get a final estimate of the damages of the boat and she stated nowhere around the area does a window repair for this specific window.  She stated it was a specialty made window that was made with the boat.  She found a place that would do it down in Miami, Florida for an estimated 15 thousand dollars.  I had V2 Operator send me pictures of the damages.
Lake Michigan
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