6/28/15: Tom
Holland Marina - Green Cove Springs, Florida
It really doesn’t seem like we have been here for 6
weeks. We have completed almost everything on our to-do list: removed all outside netting
for cleaning, Bimini top, aft screens & isinglass enclosure, inside cleaned
ceilings, walls, etc.
Our main reason for coming here to Holland Marina was to get Tom to fix the mess Eastern Shore Marina, Fairhope, Al. had made on our hull. See below for all the details.
We also had Holland Marina remove, repair,
& reinstall our hull rub-rail, fix one of our upper deck doors, and much
more see pictures below.
When we throw off the dock lines and head north we will look so good!
Rub-rail repaired
Nice job of cleaning the propellers.
All the fenders and ropes were removed & washed.
Boy they sure smell better now.
The pile of ropes ready for a good cleaning.
Lots of clean lines.
All netting plus aft screens & isinglass enclosure removed, cleaned & reinstalled.
A very clean engine room.
We completed our KiwiGrip decking project - swim platform & dingy area.
Ike Supervising
When we throw off the dock lines and head north we will
look so good!
Eastern Shore Marina – Fairhope, Alabama:
While on the loop in 2014 we stopped at the
Eastern Shore Marina, Fairhope, Al. (Demopolis Location & Fairhope
location). The weather was such in Mobile Bay that we decided to stay in
Demopolis for a few days.
After talking with the Boatyard Manager we decided to
get pulled for a bottom paint job & to have a few scratches repaired. When
we initially discussing the work we stressed our timeline which was weather
dependent and asked if he could do the work within the timeframe. After all we didn’t
have to get pulled out we were just doing it to take advantage of the week we
were waiting on Mobile Bay. Before we got pulled out, the Boatyard Manager said that if they had to
they would work over the weekend to get the job done they would. He made the
comment that time of year they will work weekends. However, once we got pulled,
weekend working was not something they were willing to do.
As you can see from the picture below the TOUCH-UP
scratches we wanted taken care of were small. So imagine our surprise when we
saw their idea of TOUCH-UP repairs!
You can barely see the scratchs in the above picture.
Below see the touch-up.
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Needless to say our weather wind for Mobile Bay came
& went and we were still on the hard with the work not completed. As the
next Mobile Bay weather window approached we pushed hard for the work to be
completed & to get put back in the water. Ed the owner suggested we go back
in the water and go to his other marina, Easter Shore Marina in Fairhope to
have the work completed. He assured us that he would get us done ASAP once
there. He had painted the bottom but not where the stands had been nor had he
painted the fixed touch-up places. So he handed us a gallon of bottom paint
& the some hull paint, put us in the water, and off we went.
When we first arrived in Fairhope the first couple of days the
weather was horrible. There was no way
we could have been pulled or any work done. However, when the weather did clear
enough to be pulled & have paint work done it did not happen. First the
Boatyard Manager and Ed the owner were in disagreement as to if our boat would
even fit in their lift. WHAT! They certainly knew how wide we were because they
had pulled us in Demopolis.
Finally Ed said we would fit yet the days that
weather permitted they still refused to pull us & finish the job. Realizing
that they had no intention of fixing what they had started we left. The day
before we left the Boatyard Manager came to us & said they were going to
try and pull us the next day, tent the boat, and finish the repairs. The temperature
for the next day was forecasted for 25 degrees. No thank you.
We had this type of touch-up fixes all over our boat.
We have always had excellent work done by Tom Holland at
Holland Marina in Green Cove Springs, Florida so we decided to have Tom fix our
Eastern Shore Marina mess.
Below are the pictures of Tom Hollands idea of a
completed touch-up job! EXCELLENT!
