Fuel tank leak

[billskip]

Boating in France is a balancing act, where the costs and frustrations are counted against the stunning environment...

Next time...... just put a drip tray under it ant tip it back in the top........

 

[Seastoke]

Anyone would think that yards in the uk are efficient.

 

[Blueboatman]

Well I have a new B O A T acronym for Bouba:
Beneteau Offers Another Tank ( finally )?

 

[Portofino]

Well I have a new B O A T acronym for Bouba:
Beneteau Offers Another Tank ( finally )?

lets run a forum book on when that’s gonna leak again !

 

[Boathook]

lets run a forum book on when that’s gonna leak again !

At least it should be easier to remove ?

 

[paradave]

I hope it’s all resolved soon Bouba, I don’t have your patience and would have almost certainly got the approach wrong if France is as different as you say. I can’t believe the constant criticism you’re getting on here, hopefully they’re all actual mates and I’ve misread the posts.

 

[Bouba]

I hope it’s all resolved soon Bouba, I don’t have your patience and would have almost certainly got the approach wrong if France is as different as you say. I can’t believe the constant criticism you’re getting on here, hopefully they’re all actual mates and I’ve misread the posts.

No...they are all mean bar-stewards ?....once you start yelling and threatening in France they just walk away...unlike this lot on the the forum who just come back for more...

 

[Portofino]

I hope it’s all resolved soon Bouba, I don’t have your patience and would have almost certainly got the approach wrong if France is as different as you say. I can’t believe the constant criticism you’re getting on here, hopefully they’re all actual mates and I’ve misread the posts.

We are mates .
Had a few beers / meals with Bouba over the years FWIW .

This is a cat skinning excersie.

 

[Zing]

One thing I have learned in France is to have infinite patience....I’ve lived in tropical islands in the middle of the Pacific...I’ve lived at the end of a river in Africa... and I thought that I learned to wait and wait and wait...but infact I was just practicing for life in France...
There is no report per se, the surveyor that we saw was the legal guy in the team who is negotiating with Benny...we will make an appointment to see him next...ho hum...

It’s gone that way in the UK too. I’m trying to get rigging work done. In my building business it’s the same. Nothing gets done. Covid changed the world. Endless free money, endless leisure and too much of a boom in the economy from furlough money printing. The world is on a go-slow. We need a recession badly and it’s coming soon.

 

[petem]

To be fair I think you made several rods for your own back.

Indeed. The time to get work done on boats is the winter when the yards have nothing to do.

Not faff about for four months and leave it until pre-season when the yards will be flat out.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Indeed. The time to get work done on boats is the winter when the yards have nothing to do.

Not faff about for four months and leave it until pre-season when the yards will be flat out.

4 months look at the date of the first post and the problem had existed well before then, it's coming up to a year.

 

[vas]

comeon you lot, don't be nasty!
if it wasn't Bouba's leaking tank, there wouldn't be anything to post in the mobo section throughout the winter. He's doing us a favour...

 

[Poignard]

One thing I have learned in France is to have infinite patience....I’ve lived in tropical islands in the middle of the Pacific...I’ve lived at the end of a river in Africa... and I thought that I learned to wait and wait and wait...but infact I was just practicing for life in France...
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I am still patiently waiting for the parcel you so kindly sent me last year to arrive!

 

[petem]

4 months look at the date of the first post and the problem had existed well before then, it's coming up to a year.

Nobody likes spending money on getting things fixed but when your boat costs you tens of thousand of pounds a year (as Bouba's will) you need to make sure that you're maximising its use. Otherwise you're just chucking money down the drain.

 

[Bouba]

Nobody likes spending money on getting things fixed but when your boat costs you tens of thousand of pounds a year (as Bouba's will) you need to make sure that you're maximising its use. Otherwise you're just chucking money down the drain.

Yes...my wife is upset for precisely that reason

 

[Bouba]

4 months look at the date of the first post and the problem had existed well before then, it's coming up to a year.

The date tells half the story...I thought there was a leak from the start...but many on here told me to look elsewhere...I got in a mechanic who said exactly the same thing....experimenting took time because every test was contradictory...finally Benny really put the brakes on, they hamstrung the boatyard (who are a Benny dealer, therefore obligated to follow factory guidance)...and still waiting for Benny....each bite of the apple takes a lot of time

 

[Poignard]

The date tells half the story...I thought there was a leak from the start...but many on here told me to look elsewhere...[...]

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Oh, so it's all our fault?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The date tells half the story...I thought there was a leak from the start...but many on here told me to look elsewhere...I got in a mechanic who said exactly the same thing....experimenting took time because every test was contradictory...finally Benny really put the brakes on, they hamstrung the boatyard (who are a Benny dealer, therefore obligated to follow factory guidance)...and still waiting for Benny....each bite of the apple takes a lot of time

You could have bitten the bullet at the start gone to an independent yard removed the tank had a new one made, documented the whole process with independent experts then tackled Beneteau. To most it was obvious there was a leak from the tank it was just a question of where from all the other options could have been eliminated by a competent mechanic in a few hours. Then the remedy would have been the replacement of the tank.
I can appreciate the difficulty of that decision for you and see why you prevaricated but events have proved that most were correct and the tank needed to come out one way or another.
I do sincerely hope that it comes to an end quickly or at least the boat gets put back into the water soon and wish you luck with any recompense and claim against Beneteau.

 

[Bouba]

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Oh, so it's all our fault?

Yes!

 

[LittleSister]

I can’t believe the constant criticism you’re getting on here, hopefully they’re all actual mates and I’ve misread the posts.

I think there's a mix, not all nice, but a goodly proportion of it is amiable joshing and just idle wittering.

A lot of it, too, has seemed to me to be genuine offers of suggestions (though not all of those have been expressed particularly diplomatically!).

No...they are all mean bar-stewards ?....

I'm sorry if you feel it that way, Bouba.

However irksome you've felt about being on the receiving end of all the, er, 'contributions' to this thread (and also those in 'another place'), I have little doubt that the vast majority, and probably all, are rooting for you and hope you get the speediest and most satisfactory outcome possible.