We got to Everett before the next forecasted storm. It was windy and rainy for a day. Is Summer is officially over? Wednesday it cleared back up and is beautiful out.
Dave was doing chores on the boat getting it ready for visitors when he heard Melissa yell OMG a few times. Dave could hear a boat coming in and fearing the worst ran to the back of the boat. Before he could get to the back, he heard a loud crunching sound. Since we weren’t moving Dave knew it had not hit us but definitely hit something.
Once at the stern, Dave could see that a 58 footer had T-boned the dock 60 feet behind us. It rode up the dock 6 feet or so with one or both engines apparently still in forward before coming to a stop. It sat there with the bow up in the air over the dock until they turned off the engines. Apparently, they had lost control of the throttle/transmission levers.
Once the engines were off, the boat just slid right off and floated out into the fairway at a knot or two. Now they are floating around with no control of the propellers. It would take us 5 minutes to get the dinghy down but by then it will be all over. They drifted upwind alongside us, stopped and started drifting downwind towards our stern. Dave grabbed one of the big round fenders to help fend them if need be and then asked Melissa for help. They got super lucky because the light wind was on the quarter pushing them towards the dock just behind us. Plus they had bow and stern thrusters so they could pivot the boat to control their approach angle. They cleared us by about 5 feet without need of our fender.
The boat is for sale. We figure the guy in the back giving calm, cool and accurate commands was the broker. We cannot figure out who was at the helm. Dave's guess is it was the owner repositioning the boat. Brokers usually do not let potential buyers dock the boat for insurance reasons. Dave and another guy got the boat tied down without further scratches.
The wind god Aeolus was watching out for them today.