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!