Quick update...

[Murv]

I don't know if anyone remembers, but I bought my first boat back in November last Year, a '79 Fairline Holiday.
Anyhow, very long story short, I was royally ripped off with it and it turned out to be a bit of a lemon, and one of it's many faults was that the leg wouldn't lift.
Another very long story short, I ended up having the entire outdrive replaced, which took Months.
The boat was returned a few weeks ago, I wandered down to test it...and the leg won't lift.
Numerous phone calls and texts to the engineer who did the work have gone ignored.
So, nearly a year on, not one single trip out on a working boat, and many thousands of pounds alter and it's back to square one.

Remind me again that this boating lark is supposed to be fun?!

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

Why not visit the engineer with a large, uncouth friend in tow?

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

pay a visit and have some very strong conversations with the mechanic who took your money and did not fix the fault.

 

[TonyBuckley]

Survey? Sea test? Was it an excellent price for what you seemed to be buying?

Sad story. But I would like to hear the longer version!

On the bright side, just think how much fuel you have saved <bad joke>

 

[NickRobinson]

Don't rush to judgement (just yet)

A shiny new leg is not likely to have the probs the manky, oily, rusty, bodged one had. (though may have 'fun' new problems)

Connectors, hydraulics, battery volts, poor instructions/handover/sea trial. etc..

Its amazing you and he didn't see it working before paying (not sure if you did)

You want a result, not to blame your mechanic for the earlier dodgy horror, so only go mad with him (quite rightly) after he fails to sort it promptly.

edit- just realised he's not responding to you- hope it's not a dodgy SH unit

Nick

(THEN go mad and insert the leg where the sun don't shine....)