[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Chris Holt]

:-)

I call the time I spend fiddling with with the dock lines to get my boat to 
sit right for both the ebb and flood of the Merrimack River my more 
permanent tie up as opposed to the tie up the crew does when the get off.

But point taken.  :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

> Hopefully you were not permanently tying the boat up.  That sounds like
> you will never be going sailing again.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris Holt
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:36 AM
> To: C320-List
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues
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> 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.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com>
> To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues
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>> 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
>>
>> 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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