I know this is an old thread, but since it just played out in court yesterday, I thought some would be curious of the results. The plaintiff acknowledged in court he was paid $336.88 by his insurance company against a claim for $436.88. In addition, he was paid $110 from a second offending boat for items included in his insurance claim. The plaintiff's inability to produce an itemized receipt of the damaged parts and the plaintiff's supporting documents of a picture showing the defendant's boat leaning against an adjacent boat with no contact with his own boat and a letter from CatWoman's "hubby" saying all of the damage was inflicted by the second boat and not the defendant's were not helpful in making his case.

In the end, the judge basically said that this was quite petty considering it was the anniversary of 9/11 and had each pay their own court cost of about $200 for the plaintiff and $130 for the defendant. During the mandatory mediation before the trial, the defendant acknowledged if the plaintiff hadn't cheated the sailing club by racing for 3 years when only paying the yearly social dues ($35) instead of the racing dues ($110), the defendant would have paid the requested $212 in the first place.

For some background, the three major items of damage were the main traveler car, a rudder cover and a kinked shroud. The plaintiff tried to get the local shop to say the mast was totaled because of a couple of small scratches but the shop refused to go along.

So hopefully, this mini-war is finally over. Time will tell if the beach recovers.