The information is of course sketchy. One thing that isn’t really clear is where exactly the collision occurred. Dockton Park is managed by King County. It has concrete docks that are available for transients. There are also a number of mooring balls off the park, I believe they are all private. Lots of boats anchor there beyond the mooring balls. Unfortunately, there are likely a number of rarely used sailboats anchored in the area although the state and county have been trying to remove unauthorized mooring balls etc...
The point is that that whole area is full of boats either anchored or on private mooring balls. The further you go into Quartermaster Harbor the more boats there are. I’ve known Vashon Island kids all my life. Most had families with summer places on the Island and did, as the last article stated, grew up on the water and are very familiar with the area. They also should have known better than to be running at speed, at night, while drinking. This wasn’t an “accident” it was a collision due to reckless negligence. What is the most frightening are the comments in the article where the “friends” say it wasn’t the boat’s operators fault. His criminally reckless actions cost him his life and serious injuries to his friends. This can’t be written off and simply an unfortunate and tragic accident.