Some a$$clown ran over my rope

I was on the water yesterday, and my friend fell on a wake jump. I was driving the boat and I came to a complete stop to let the rollers subside before I went to pick the fallen rider up. Well straight ahead of me I see fishing boat coming towards us at about 40mph with no intentions of slowing down. Well he drives between my boat and the rider, and guess what happened next, he ran over the rope. I did all I could to not scream at him for being an inconsiderate SOB. The rope (spectra fusion 3500lb test) popped like a string. I was in the boat and the boat felt like someone lifted it out of the water, not to mention the cringing sound the tower made. The guys excuse was that he was watching the rider and didnt realize there was a rope till the last second. I was trying hard not to call him an idiot. Well he winds the rope up, puts a loop at the end, and hands it back saying 'use it like this'. I was like 'are you kidding me?'. So then I take his registration number and cell phone number. He asks me why and if I wanted him to pay for the rope. I was like sure, that would be great since you just popped mine to sh*t. Well I call him on his cell phone and he says its my fault for being in the way. Not to mention that he called in a police report saying that we negligently left the rope in the middle of the bayou for him to run over. He said that we should watch for oncoming boaters and not "show-off" when a boat is coming. He said it is our fault for that he ran over the rope because we were in his way. There was a slight bend in the canal about 300ft in front of us. He was about 100ft in front of the boat when I came to a complete stop. But at 40mph, how can you see an oncoming boat. So he isn't going to honor paying for the rope as he said he would. But he messed up the lower unit on his outboard motor, so I suppose that will cost him a little. Besides this it was a perfect day on the water.