Batten down the hatches
Got some more work done on the boat. All that is left that is holding up going in the water is changing out the bellows and gimbal bearing and installing the drive. Well that, and the huge mess that needs to be cleaned up from the soda blasting of another boat in the marina.
This blasting company had the audacity of blaming the mess on their customer. They claim that a part on the machine broke and their customer said the job has to be done. First off I don’t care who the customer is, if I am a business owner and it is between pissing off a customer and creating a health and environmental issue as well as causing damage to other boats in the thousands I think I would stop work and deal with the unhappy customer rather than keep going and have a dozen unhappy people.
Anyway, the blasting company did finally stop by yesterday and said they would clean and polish the boats and would get the stains out. I don’t have that much faith in them after seeing the work they have already done. This mess has also already delayed our going in the water by two weeks and now the blasting company claims they have another job next week they can’t put off. I think I am going to have to insist they have it done or I will have it done and give them the bill. I refuse to be put out by people with sub-standard work ethics and will not own up to their screw ups. It took them three weeks to acknowledge the fact that they caused this mess and to return my calls. And that is a whole other issue, this should be the marina’s problem not mine. They seem to want to sit on the sidelines and not get involved.
Enough of ranting, I did get the conduit for the inverter installed and the deck hatch back in place and sealed. I also cleaned and painted the transducers, installed zincs on the trim tabs and touched up the paint around the transom assembly. Hopefully after next weekend I can go in the water…we will see.
Tags: PM & Repairs
