Friday 11 July 2008

More delays

Well - Daydream Believer has been sitting at Gordon's for 12 days now with no progress on the stalling starboard engine. The mechanic decided to try new electronic ignition parts (the only thing left to try) and they were back-ordered for over a week and then eventually determined to be unavailable. So he has decided to order a new distributor and revert to the old points/condenser system. Problem is - they're only available from Wisconsin. Guess we should have bought a less exotic boat than a Carver with Crusader engines!

The story now is that Homeland Security is causing delays in getting their parts across the border and the earliest we can hope for delivery is next Tuesday. I'm inclined to think that 'Homeland Security' is being blamed these days for a lot of things we used to call 'bad service'.

The summer is scooting away and we've only had a few hours aboard our new boat. I guess there's no-one in particular to blame but I do get the impression that none of the people involved in the process of repair are boaters. What are chances your car would sit for 15 days in the shop with nothing being done? And if the 'carring' season was only a couple of months long you'd be on their case several times a day until they had it fixed.

We had months of pleasure on our Fairbanks and have had nothing but grief from the Carver. I'm still convinced that she's a good vessel - I placed a lot of faith in the survey and the mechanical inspection. But so far this season it's only been stress and worry and second-guessing about the wisdom of this purchase.

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