I am new to this email forum thing and don't want to hijack the discussion, but could someone tell me how to start a new topic? Thank you
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Here is a good one, > > So, the yard where my new to me boat was stored for it's entire life, did > all, or supervised all the work on this boat. The PO was actually an owner > of the yard! I had to listen to the yard manager/partner talk about how > great his reputation was and how good his work is and lecture me on my > electrical tester and even said that my electrical crimper (yes the one Wally > recommended) was not correct for the task. Now as get further and further > into the boat, I'm finding wire connections with nothing but tape, some > residential barrel connectors with not even tape over them, taped joins in > the bilge, hoses disconnected and left plugged off laying in the bilge, wires > disconnected with just tape on the end... and this is just the superficial > investigation... > > All the talk in the world won't make shoddy work better... I really have a > hard time trusting anyone to work on my stuff either. > > On the other hand, when I was still out in the field doing plumbing, I always > found I'd rather pull things back just a bit further and do a better job than > to try and patch things up and get out of there. I really haven't met too > many people with that attitude. Of course I never owned the company, I was > always on the payroll and I just did my best to avoid a call back. So, I > guess it really as much self preservation as doing right by a customer. That > and knowing that doing it right is always less of an ass ache than trying to > hack it... IMHO ...I'd let me work on my house!! LOL > > Danny > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: mike amirault via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: mike amirault <amira...@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Boom Furling complications - Yards > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:51:23 -0300 > > I agree with you Mike. The previous owner of my C&C 33II (boat was named > Pelagic) had most of the work done by "professionals" at one of the large > marinas in Halifax. Some of the repairs I have uncovered make me shake my > head, shoddy to say the least. I do all my own work on the boat now and it's > done right. > > Mike Amirault > C&C33 MKii Lovely Cruise > St Margarets Bay > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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