Warren,Warren Kaplan wrote:Lessons learned....no matter how good your yard is....DO NOT TRUST THEM
Ah My Captain Mike Heintz......so SO true. As you know I have nothing but good things to say about the service and skill of the guys running Oyster Bay Marine Center. They are truly top flight. But even they can pull a bonehead play sometimes.
This year they told me when my CD27 was being put in the water. I arrived there in the afternoon of the next day to see her bobbing happily at her mooring. I took the launch out ready to do some further commissioning. All was well but imagine my surprise when I looked in the battery compartment and I found that the batteries that the yard stored over the winter were NOT installed!!
Whoa! Having the bilge pump switch on automatic was totally useless if the boat leaked. Obviously I took the next launch in and had a "conversation" with the yard manager. The batteries were scheduled to be installed that day.
That's got to be an all time classic. I'll bet it was hard to start the engine
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Mitchell Bober
Sunny Annapolis (where old hose can be found in the Historic District,) MD