A Cautionary Tale

[boatman61]

A sad tale indeed.... my experience in a US B/yard was very good... but then I was fortunate enough to end up in possibly one of the best yards in the States for customer service and courtesy....
SailCraft in Oriental... I too had to lift and leave for a year.. on my return the boat was fine... never had a problem with 'No Cash No Splash'...
I was helped and advised with many of the jobs I ended up taking on including fitting a new shaft and strut after getting them damaged by fouling a sunken mooring in Taylors Creek Beaufort... loaned tools etc at no extra cost... they were more like friends than a commercial business...
But... I did find a certain attitude further down the way... a tendency to view one as a dumb foriegner to be screwed as we are more vulnerable with our limited knowledge of laws and also the time restriction placed on us by our visa's...