The complainant/witness #1 (W1) stated he observed a group of six recreational boats traveling to the southeast on the Des Plaines River. W1 said none of the boats slowed down to no wake speed as they approached Harborside Marina which is posted as a no wake area that spans five hundred feet in both directions of the Marina. There are two large no wake signs and several slow, no wake buoys in this no wake area. 

W1 said three of the vessels created more of a wake than the other three and he was able to identify these three by name. W1 said a white and black Carver (Unit #1) created the biggest wake. He said the waves from Unit #1 traveled to the southwest bank of the Des Plaines River and caused damage to a house boat (Unit #2) he owns along with a nearby free standing pier shelter. W1 also said one of the Harborside Marina docks owned by his father had been damaged by the large waves from Unit #1.

Complainant/witness #2 stated he observed five recreational boats traveling southeast on the Des Plaines River. W2 said several of the boats failed to slow down to no wake speed as they approached Harborside Marina. W2 stated Unit #1 made a large wake which caused damage to his dock and his son's house boat (Unit #2). The damage to the dock was said to be mainly structural. 

Unit #1 was eventually located up river while entering the Lockport Lock and Dam. The operator of Unit #1 stated he took Unit #1 out of storage in Lasalle County and was traveling south east on the Des Plaines River while enroute to Chicago. Unit #1 operator said he did not slow down to no wake speed at Harborside Marina as he did not realize he had entered a no wake zone. Unit #1 operator was cited for the violation of a no wake area and was also issued written warnings for registration violations. 

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