marinas are they responsable????
 

Here it goes looking for info,boat is docked at my marina,someone taps it and damages the paint,have a witness who will back this up,guy says he never hit me,his first boat and has no idea how to dock it won't give me his info,is the marina at all responsable for this or negligent in any way???

I am going to venture a guess and say that the marina is not responsible at all and that the guy who tapped you is totally responsible.

Get his registration numbers and call the local water cops.

I doubt you have anything with the marina. Small claims is your next stop, along with a police report in your favor with witness.

The guys going to be a problem.....turn it over to the police, then call your own insurance co. (then they can work it out)

If I owned a Marina the small print would limit my exposure to ZERO for anything like this - my guess is that somewhere you signed something when you paid to dock there that says the Marina isn't responsible.

I must be missing something. Why would the marina be responsible?

Michael

Don't marinas require that you have insurance before they lease you a slip? Cops are gonna have to get involved with this one. Contact your insurance info if the damage is worth turnig it in and give them his info let them track down who his insurer is.

have had slips at a few marinas and have seen a tree fall on a boat,an axle ripped off a trailer after being backed off the launch,and a boat damaged by a floating log in the Marina and neither would take any responsability...

Yep, police report and call ur own insurance company. Not worth the fight. Let the people u pay to fight, fight it out.

Pretty sure I always had to sign a release at the marinas I kept my cruisers at. Seen a bunch of docking damage and always went to the operator/insurance.
Would think most policies would cover your own boat in that case as well.

Had my trailer stolen from the marina when they left the secure keycard security gate open for a few days. The marina blew me off. Read the release you probaby signed.
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Don't care what you signed you come back the next day and there is damage :eek:I'd bet it was the guys in the marinas moving boats or one of thier customers marinas problem thats what you pay them for:drink:

So you take your Ferrari downtown to the ball game, pay for parking and you get a door ding. Do you really think Acme Parking is gonna pay for it????

X2!

If you go to a Poker Run and pay to park your truck in a parking lot and some putz backs into your truck is the parking lot responsible? I would call cops and insurance and let them deal with it. However, insurance company will probably try and find a way to weasel out of paying for the damage.....and then hike your rates anyway!!

I would suggest approaching the marina manager/harbour master and mentioning to him that this person is a "menace" to other boaters, ask around, perhaps there have been other boats damaged by this person and the marina management will "Politely suggest" he find a different place to moor his boat, or, at least move where he moors his boat to a place where he is less likely to cause damage to other boats.

Good Luck!
Michael

ya all this is great advise, but this guy is likely a douche!! and the marina is NOT responsible as your agreement likely states (note the fine print S.O.L.) so on to plan be, wrap your hands tightly around the dudes neck, bend him over the dock, force his head in the water and ask him how it tastes!!! then say next time F**k with someone elses boat!!!

hey Micheal I have a Baha 4 you, call me at home tonight 905-722-6684 I'll give you the details...
Alan

I own 4 marinas and can tell you without question the marina is not responsible. The boat owner who hit you is 100% responsible. The Marina should cooperate with you in finding out who the guy is and maybe even give you his insurance info as they should have it on file.

the marina itself is not responsible in the least
the other problem is if and when you contact your insurance you will register a claim........ next yrs premium may be higher and you will pay out of pocket in ins.premiums the value of the claim
it sounds like the damage is minor....... have the cops talk to this guy and see if that alone doesnt motivate him

i try not to get mad but i always get even.............
get the drift.......

I bet the Marina either has signs or if your in a contract with them states they are not responsible. Only thing might be if you were a permanent member and boat was vandalized under their care. But somebody hitting you is not going to be there problem, for one how could they stop it or prevent it? Unless it was their employee on their boat.

I was the one who started this post,to give you the outcome,after the guy hit me said he wasn't on his boat I had to tell him I would get a lawyer if he didn't fess up,which he did after I told him I had a witness,as far as the marina owner,well a few of us keep our boat there and if it was me who owend the marina I would have sold him a slip elsewhere,so after this unfolded we all left do to the marina not understanding our concerns,so it will get fixed but I would have thought the marina do to our type of boats would have thought it out abit more,live and learn

won't matter what marina you go to, I would expect the same outcome, unless the dude driving the boat was an employee of said marina, you'd be s.o.l. the marina's only ethical obligation to you would be to provide you with the dudes information, insurance co. phone # address etc... but that's not even guaranteed its just ethically the right thing for any marina to do... hope you get this rectified to your satisfaction...