He should, but in the port authority they said like : no it’s not our fault we not gonna do anything (we were speaking English back in a day because the crew of yacht were some people approximately from Germany/Denmark or Finland and we were Greeks, this is why I remember everything word-wordHopefully, the kid's Mom has insurance...
Best luck to Nickolas as well; the yacht owner(s) should cover their faulty seamanship.
Nope. The kid had no driver's license nor did he or his mom have insurance. And my insurance (three vehicles and one homeowners policy) did not cover my trailer damage. I gave them a break. Did not call the police, and have them issue a report or any more hassles (which might have brought up INS problems for them) but instead chewed the kid out good, and went home thankful I had an intact Laser. With help from a welder-genius friend, and only $108 in parts, I have my trailer all rebuilt and have been using it to sail again - twice in the week since the accident. Further takeaway for me? I got my insurance policy to now, going forward, cover my trailer and my precious boat for a pittance in premiums. AND, I assisted and learned a bit of metalwork with my friend to fix the trailer. All's well that ends well. I'm so impressed at the integrity of my old hull.Hopefully, the kid's Mom has insurance...
Best luck to Nickolas as well; the yacht owner(s) should cover their faulty seamanship.
Nope. The kid had no driver's license nor did he or his mom have insurance. And my insurance (three vehicles and one homeowners policy) did not cover my trailer damage. I gave them a break. Did not call the police, and have them issue a report or any more hassles (which might have brought up INS problems for them) but instead chewed the kid out good, and went home thankful I had an intact Laser. With help from a welder-genius friend, and only $108 in parts, I have my trailer all rebuilt and have been using it to sail again - twice in the week since the accident. Further takeaway for me? I got my insurance policy to now, going forward, cover my trailer and my precious boat for a pittance in premiums. AND, I assisted and learned a bit of metalwork with my friend to fix the trailer. All's well that ends well. I'm so impressed at the integrity of my old hull.
...the most dangerous part of the day is on the road out and back.
Nickolas, how did this ever turn out?Last September my Laser was hit in the sea, while training. There was a gust and we were going downwind, I got capsized and literally out of nowhere appeared 15m Sailing yacht, they were going on engine power and my coach saw him getting closer and closer to me and not paying attention at all, I was shocked as hell when this happen, and as a result my boat got broken (opened from the port side and stern, also tore out bottom part of mast step, broke my carbon filler and extension, broke my centerboard, bent top and bottom masts and of course ripped my sail) we immediately sent them back to marine, my coach towed me with rib and we immediately took pictures of damage etc and went to port authority. They didn’t recognize their fault and this statement went to court. Now we’re waiting for court and hopefully for compensation. It was my own boat, and dinghy repairmen say that it cannot be restored/fix in a proper way.
Wish me luck in upcoming courts, hope I’m gonna win it.