Carolwildbird
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Insurance comapny and marina have both called me. Awaiting the surveyors report...
Where's the jura malt when I need it.
Where's the jura malt when I need it.
Someones run into my boat :-(
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Jonny_H
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Nightmare - how bad is the damage?
Hope everything gets sorted quickly and your back on the water soon.
Fingers crossed
Jonny
Hope everything gets sorted quickly and your back on the water soon.
Fingers crossed
Jonny
Carolwildbird
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I don't know yet.. I'm at home. Apparently obvious damage to the pushpit, toe rail and stanchions.. but I'm awaiting an update and the surveyors view as to whether there is any structural damage.
Jonny_H
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At least it sounds like the marina are ontop of it and have the offenders details - I hope you get it all sorted and back as new shortly.
Jonny
Jonny
Carolwildbird
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The offender is apparently also insured with Pantaneus ( as I am) and (according to the marina) is a very experienced skipper and is mortified...
No doubt I'll meet him tomorrow am if he hasn't snuck off early!
Just now thinking about Obi-Wan - my lovely new hydrovane, and my new stern platform- hope that's OK!
No doubt I'll meet him tomorrow am if he hasn't snuck off early!
Just now thinking about Obi-Wan - my lovely new hydrovane, and my new stern platform- hope that's OK!
LadyJessie
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Pants usually sorts these things out to everybody's satisfaction. You are with the best insurance company, in my experience. Not always the cheapest, but what is the value of a cheap policy that does not pay.....?
Saguday
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Hi Carol - sorry to hear that! Hope it gets sorted out quickly and properly!
Neil
Neil
roly_voya
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You have my sympathy, the insurnce can get the boat repaired but they cant replace the good sailing weather you missed while waiting for repairs, thats the real loss.
Grehan
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We've suffered damage at the hands of others in marinas, when tied up, etc. and always through crass stupidity verging on the criminal (e.g undoing our mooring lines whilst we were away for some days). If someone's made some almighty cock-up but is holding their hand up, then not only do you have our sincere sympathy (damage to one's boat is sooo upsetting) - but also the other person does too. We've all made some glorious mistakes in our time, and grateful that none of them never really came to anything much - we would have been absolutely mortified too, if they had.
Admitting responsibility ("owning up") for human error, so it seems, is becoming rarer and rarer, and is the mark of a gentleman (or gentlewoman).
Admitting responsibility ("owning up") for human error, so it seems, is becoming rarer and rarer, and is the mark of a gentleman (or gentlewoman).
Carolwildbird
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Well said, Grehan!
I'm not blaming the skipper (after all I ran into a boat within two minutes on my first ever day out on Wild Bird (and owned up too)- and the owner of that boat was also very gentlemanly and very nice to me on the phone when I was almost a blubbering wreck).
It reminds me of a time many years ago when I backed into a parked car. This happened to be a pristine, if very old, mini. My subaru had not a mark on it, but the mini's side was stoved in - oops! We left full details on the windscreen, and duly paid up for all the repairs- which turned out to be more than the original purchase price of the car -the owner turned out to be an elderly gentleman who had bought the car new for something like £495 13/6! It was his pride and joy. He was so sweet- he was very tearful and said we had "restored his faith in human nature"- he sent us christmas cards and a little oil painting as a christmas gift in thanks. It still moves me to think about it.
Off down to the marina shortly- hopefully the damage isn't too bad.
I'm not blaming the skipper (after all I ran into a boat within two minutes on my first ever day out on Wild Bird (and owned up too)- and the owner of that boat was also very gentlemanly and very nice to me on the phone when I was almost a blubbering wreck).
It reminds me of a time many years ago when I backed into a parked car. This happened to be a pristine, if very old, mini. My subaru had not a mark on it, but the mini's side was stoved in - oops! We left full details on the windscreen, and duly paid up for all the repairs- which turned out to be more than the original purchase price of the car -the owner turned out to be an elderly gentleman who had bought the car new for something like £495 13/6! It was his pride and joy. He was so sweet- he was very tearful and said we had "restored his faith in human nature"- he sent us christmas cards and a little oil painting as a christmas gift in thanks. It still moves me to think about it.
Off down to the marina shortly- hopefully the damage isn't too bad.
ribrage
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Hi sorry to hear about your boat, the (t)rusty old ketch got hit in october within the first week of putting it in the marina (grrr) the guy at the helm was a delivery skipper on route to ireland.
He hit my boat and then rammed the pontoon and busted off some of the timber, which the marina noticed but he didnt report the damage to my boat (bigger grrrr).
So I came home to find the pushpit bent the M.O.B box hanging in the water and the stern lamp smashed, raised it with the marina who said "oh yes we knew he might have hit you but we couldnt see any damage" what about the 50ft of bright yellow rope hanging in the water from the MOB box thats smashed..... was that not a clue !!! (grrrrrrr)
Any how got details of delivery skipper from reluctant marina staff rang him.... voice mail and doesnt return calls , found details of owner in Ireland sent him photos and a quote.... and cheque on mat 2 weeks later paying for the damages (phew) .
so good luck I hope your insurance co are helpful, mine didnt want to get involved unless i had more details !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
He hit my boat and then rammed the pontoon and busted off some of the timber, which the marina noticed but he didnt report the damage to my boat (bigger grrrr).
So I came home to find the pushpit bent the M.O.B box hanging in the water and the stern lamp smashed, raised it with the marina who said "oh yes we knew he might have hit you but we couldnt see any damage" what about the 50ft of bright yellow rope hanging in the water from the MOB box thats smashed..... was that not a clue !!! (grrrrrrr)
Any how got details of delivery skipper from reluctant marina staff rang him.... voice mail and doesnt return calls , found details of owner in Ireland sent him photos and a quote.... and cheque on mat 2 weeks later paying for the damages (phew) .
so good luck I hope your insurance co are helpful, mine didnt want to get involved unless i had more details !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Carolwildbird
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Well, I've now inspected the damage - its not a disaster- apart from the three to four weeks its looks like it might take to have a new pushpit section made.
Seems like the other boat was coming in quite fast and misjudged the turn, hitting my pushpit (presumably with the anchor) and bending it over at about a 40% angle, and then continuing the turn and wiping out the next stanchion and almost breaking the (brand new) guard wires.
And then I had the RNLI rescue!
I took my dog to the marina and whilst i was inspecting the damage he decided to jump onto the boat and missed, falling into the marina. I had a sea-check guy with me, who acted at lightning speed and dragged him out.
In homage to the RNLI- one wet dog and heroic rescuer!!
Seems like the other boat was coming in quite fast and misjudged the turn, hitting my pushpit (presumably with the anchor) and bending it over at about a 40% angle, and then continuing the turn and wiping out the next stanchion and almost breaking the (brand new) guard wires.
And then I had the RNLI rescue!
I took my dog to the marina and whilst i was inspecting the damage he decided to jump onto the boat and missed, falling into the marina. I had a sea-check guy with me, who acted at lightning speed and dragged him out.
In homage to the RNLI- one wet dog and heroic rescuer!!
Phoenix of Hamble
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Hee hee...
Glad the damage isn't too severe.....
no damage to the toe rail as originally feared then?
Glad the damage isn't too severe.....
no damage to the toe rail as originally feared then?
Carolwildbird
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Yes- damage to the toe rail too and a few scuffs, but nothing major, on the gel coat. Good job Bowman build quality is what it is- despite what must have been a cracking blow (as reported by an adjacent yacht!) there is no hull damage or movement. Phew!
