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At night I think you have to give boaters the benefit of the doubt that they don't know you're there onshore, though they certainly should know the beach is nearby and be mindful of that anyway. I would never cast near a boat at night.
If the light is coming up, and they can clearly see you onshore casting into the water without any doubt and you were there first, and you're not in a heavy boat traffic area like a breachway, then I can't see how any rational human being would say the boat shouldn't stay out of your casting range. Those are the situations where I adhere to the "warning shot" methodology of making sure they see my lure hit the water right nearby. That always snaps them out of it and moves them along. The frequency with which that happens convinces me that the boaters know they were pushing the envelope too far and are out of bounds....I've never had anyone yell in at me from a boat when I splashed one down near them in daylight. In most things in life, quiet departure by one party during a disagreement means the quiet departing party knows they f'ed up.
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