[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Wes.Giles at averydennison.com]

PJ,

I'm in southern cal, not in Chicago, so this may be dumb question, but 
here goes anyway. Isn't the boat out of the water? How is it that someone 
can tell you 'it must have been you' without physical evidence. How can 
you run an engine out of water for any length of time without seriously 
screwing it up. Who did the service? Do they have records of engine hours 
before and after service?

Anyway, just thought I'd ask.

Wes



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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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