A year wait for anti fouling and engine service?

[colhel]

Reading through the OPs response (14), I have sympathy for him/her.
Was the main problem the yard couldn't operate the crane due to lack of staff?

 

[Momac]

Obviously the OP will not be placing any future work with the yard involved.
Its not uncommon for boat yards to be slow but this example does seem extreme.

Perhaps the OP should book a day or two holiday (eg around Easter) in order to clean the boat and complete the antifouling on a DIY basis as a back up plan in case the yard continues to fail in its performance.

As for the batteries I would be buying those independently of the yard and fitting them myself.

 

[Thalassa76]

I do appreciate all of your replies and it’s interesting to hear peoples thoughts on the matter.

Maybe I missed out a bit of details just to complete the post. I think some people are jumping the gun presuming I abandoned my boat for a year when that is far from the case.

I had a previous negative experience at a smaller yard which yet again, told me to bring the boat out of the water to do the same job, but then failed to do anything after 4 months. It was the classic “this won’t take long at all and we will contact you when it’s ready” scenario. I made weekly phone calls to chase them but was fobbed off with different excuses.

The new marina selected was/is reputable and again told me that the work would take around 3 weeks to complete in January 2023. They told me the date to have my boat ready for taking out of the water and everything went smoothly. She was put on the blocks and I thought, great, finally it will be done! There was no date given by either party for relaunch but the 3 week indication seemed to give it some sort of deadline. I am definitely not the only person in the same situation, one chap has been waiting over a year for an engine to be reinstalled into his boat and therefore paying mooring fees for being stuck on land too!

My boat wasn’t allowed to be plugged in as apparently there was no where to do this. I visited the boat every 2 weeks and yet again, made weekly phone calls with the response always being “I am not sure, we have one of the guys coming this week but I don’t know when he will do it”. As there were MANY unhappy customers it actually led to 2 staff members leaving the marina due to the constant barrage of negative feedback directed towards them. This is not my first boat that I have owned and am far from new to the boating world, I’ve just never experienced this before!

Unfortunately there is little I can do now apart from continue to wait, visit and make phone calls to chase as I have been doing. For those wondering why I didn’t move to a 3rd marina, the yard were unable to take my boat off the blocks as they didn’t have the ability to relaunch as only 1 person could operate the crane, which was absent due to long term sickness. I have been informed that it will be finished within 2 weeks so lets hope that is the case and I can get back to enjoying the sunny south coast once and for all!

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