[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Chris Holt]

I'll double check but I believe that I saw them counting up at the dock when 
I had my key turned on but I killed the engine and jumped off to permanently 
tie the boat up.  When I got back I thought I remember it still counting.

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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

> Really??!! I believe the engine hours are directly related to the flywheel
> turning...
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> 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
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> it.  Someone might have just left the key turned on.
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> From: <PJACKERMAN at aol.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:21 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues
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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
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>> 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!
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>> 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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