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Cooper Island Facebook posting:

Good Morning
Cooper Island Beach Club would like to clarify an incident that occurred yesterday in the mooring field as there are assumptions, rumours or speculations being shared.
There was an incident yesterday between two boats over a first come first serve mooring ball. This did not happen on CIBC property, docks or involve any of our staff. We did try to de-escalate the situation but since both parties involved were not budging and we saw the potential escalation of the incident, we contacted the Marine Police who came to resolve the matter.
We hope that this was an isolated incident and in the many years here, I have never had to deal with such a situation. We hold to our policy that if there is a potential violent incident, the police are contacted.
The parties here have been reminded of the Boaty Ball rules. We have also been in contact with Boaty Ball to add additional rules to their website. Please keep a look out for the update so everyone can continue having fun. Happy Sailing.