Yes, all that is what the OP has said. I'm saying there are assumptions in those statements that have worked against the OP. He did not see the mooring weight drag unless he had scuba gear on and was watching it. He did not see it moving during the gale, nor does he know if the boat was secured to the mooring after the collision. All he knows is that the other boat hit his.
Forgive me, I grew and was educated when the scientific method and logic prevailed in the schools. Indeed, all of my post secondary education has been along those lines. Can we use just a few of those skills taught in bygone days?
Here's what we know:
1. Two Boats were moored about 100 yards a part.
2. It got really windy.
3. One boat and its mooring moved 100 yards
4. The boat that moved damaged the boat that did not move.
Now it is true that this is not a gold standard double-blind experiment, however, given what we collectively know about wind, waves, and anchoring devices, it is not illogical to assume that the wind and wave action from the really windy day caused the mooring to drag, which allowed the boat attached to said mooring to damage a boat. (It is perhaps fortunate that the offending boat hit another boat instead of washing up on a rock break wall, but that is another story.)
Now, it is true that there could be alternative theories about the movement of the mooring and attached boat.
1. The Transporter aboard the Enterprise failed and Scotty (not Scott T-Bird) failed to successfully beam up the offending boat.
2. Failed Alien abduction is always a popular theory.
3. The Zombie revolution attempted to create zombie boats (and failed).
4. An omnipotent supreme being is indeed punishing someone by damaging a boat.
5. The owner of the offending boat, knowing that it would create a lot of controversy and being a clandestine sort of person, hired a company to set his boat and mooring free in the middle of the night.
You all can pick your favorite theory or add one of your own. I'm going with the really windy theory, with a side of maybe the wind was stronger than usual or from a direction that is unusual.
Please mods, put us out of our misery .and lock this thread
Well this is easy to do. The real cause is an Alt-Right conspiracy to displace liberal elite East Coast Yachties from political influence.
Phil, was that a good enough dive into politics to shut this down?
Edit: Someday I'll learn to proofread long posts before posting so I don't have to go back and repeatedly correct various omissions, grammatical errors, and typos.