[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Robert Perrin]

You need to find an alternative
boat yard.......
-- 
regards,

Robert

 >PJACKERMAN at aol.com wrote:
> 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!


Robert Perrin
Hon. Secretary and
Executive Officer
ANZAAS
The University of Adelaide
ADELAIDE
South Australia  5005

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