GL: summer storage on the hard in lower Georgia/Savanah area

[Wayne M Barski]

In response to your inquiry about the Hinckley Yard, I can only tell our
experience in the Hinckely Yard in Stuart Florida, and I can't imagine that
company policy would be totally different in Ga.  Any work you have done is
INCREDIBLY expensive.  even if they give you a quote it ends up being much
more in the end.  They do not want you to do ANYTHING  on your boat yourself.
When they give you a quote on work to be done, they don't add in the necessary
supplies to complete the job.  You will be paying hundreds of dollars for
masking tape, plastic sheets, etc.  We even had to pay for a drill bit that
one of the workers broke.  The work that they promise to have done in a
specified period of time takes double the time.  The crowning blow is if they
do any damage to your boat in the course of completing some work, they will
NOT make good. Management is difficult to deal with and we were so happy to be
leaving after storing our boat there for two seasons.  In our book no one can
afford them.

-----Original Message-----
>From: foreveryoungboat at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 1, 2009 3:35 PM
>To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
>Subject: GL: summer storage on the hard in lower Georgia/Savanah area
>
>hello..
>
>we are looking for a place to park our 44' MARINE TRADER this spring the
summer and until next winter.. when we will come back for?more Florida
crusing.
>
>we have had good reports?about HINCKLEYs in Savanah.. but they are not a?DIY
marina..?so we can do nothing on our boat ourselves when it's on the hard.? we
have also heard they may be very competent but are also?EXPENSIVE... and in
this economy, we are looking for ways to save a?few bucks?whenever
possible...
>
>when she is?up on the hard we will have the marina do a few things of
maintenance but primarily we just need her pulled, bottom washer and then
summerized and shrink wrapped and stored?for 10 months...
>
>our insurance demands we get her at least up to cumberland island georgia
before june 1st.
>
>any suggestions and info would be greatly appreciated.
>
>thanks
>
>joe manelis
>forever young?
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