[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Chris Holt]

There is one other possibility.
I believe the engine hours count up even if the engine isn't running but the 
key is turned on.  So your engine might not really have that many hours on 
it.  Someone might have just left the key turned on.

----- Original Message -----
From: <PJACKERMAN at aol.com>
To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

> The weather finally broke here in Chicago and I went up to Larsen Marine
> boat yard to check on the boat.  When I dropped the boat off it had just 
> around
> 60-70 hours and full tank of fuel so I ordered the 50 hour service  on the
> yanmar.  When I stepped on her today she had 111 hours and 1/2 tank  of 
> fuel.
> Someone must of let her idle for two days!  When I  confronted the service
> manager I got the same thing I've gotten from them since  I've been there. 
> We
> couldn't have done it, must have been you!
>
> A few questions for those of you out there, 1) does it make sense that the
> boat could put on 40 hours at idle on 7-9 gallons of fuel, 2) what should 
> I
> look  out for or what harm could be done running at idle for 40 + hours 
> and 3) is
> this  the type of service I should expect from all yards?  Year one 3 gel
> coat  gouges and spider cracks up and down the stern from using the 
> boarding
> ladder on  land, their response, we couldn't of done it had to be you, 
> year two
> missing vhf  antenna, same response, this is my third year in the yard and 
> this
> is the third  time I've gotten the same response.  They are supposed to be 
> one
> of the  better and expensive yards around!
>
>
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