You're not taking the $7k with you in the end either.
It was a sea-doo. A luxury item. Something everyone can carry on living without.
It's not like you were out $7k. You were out a sea-doo. You had a choice, #1, accept that he can't afford to fix it and you move on as friends minus a sea-doo. Or #2, grind him for the money and be out on the water alone on your fixed sea-doo. You chose number 2.
Sorry, but it sounds probable that because you were a bit of a huge prick about the damage that he curbed his intentions of paying you back. I know if I owed a friend money for something like that and they were reasonable about it I'd be dedicated to paying it back as quickly as possible. If they were a complete dick about it though I could easily get to the point of telling them to screw off.
Reach out, even if just a response to his message is a nice thing to do to ease some thoughts on his side.
Me, I'd rent us sea-doos, go for ride and catch up, tell him I was a dick taking him to court.
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