Didn't take but 13 minutes yesterday to video a wake boat steam rolling my dock. As you can see, my pontoon boat takes an immense beating. It's also clear that I have my docks pretty darn secure, you can tell in the video that it's not the floating dock flailing around causing issues.
Luckily, this guy came by 3 more times. I have an excellent photo of his registraiton number. I plan to send it to marine police but also have my lawyer begin researching what level of proof is needed to take legal action. This goes beyond me being aggravated over a big wake. In the past week I have had my 5 year old thrown off dock, my hobie cat demasted, 1" mooring lines snapped on boat, loss of trimming to boat... all while I've been sitting there screaming to folks to just push out to middle of channel.
If you feel the same, I'm mulling over setting up a Facebook page called "Lake Martin Wake Shame" or something. I can only assume that those doing this are not property owners down here and therefore don't read this forum, no way someone who owns a dock could act so obsurdly. I'm a believer that shame goes a long way and it may motivate these offenders in a way that even a marine ticket couldn't manage. Give me your thoughts, if you would be willing to post as well I'm glad to start the campaign.
VIDEO IS NOT TRIMMED AT END... ONCE YOU SEE MY BOAT GETTING HAMMERED, VIDEO IS DONE.
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