Very common that boats are untied for all different reasons.
Pulled a boat off a sandbar across from one persons house and towed it back...
They told the story that some drunk had gotten aboard and tried to take their 40 something foot Sea Ray out. He untied it before he realized he couldn't get it started. It drifted across the canal and grounded....I can't remember why other than under the canvas he got hot...but he took off his clothes and fell asleep...only to be awakened by the Marine Police the next morning.
From the official reports I reviewed, the vast majority are little boats tied up behind or near bars during the summer, and drunk young people "borrow" them for a hop home or to the next bar where they are found the next day or so. This is typical in the Northeast where some of the barrier islands turn into weekend drunkfests.
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