agree here

Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna*
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
d.ve...@bellaliant.net


On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:00 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
>
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