Boating Hell
Tell us your boating horror stories. Maybe someone else can learn something from your problems and solutions.
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April 4th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I can fill you in on buying Used Boats in Ontario…
not the greatest first time event happened last summer, from a Marina in Fenlon Falls… (who shall remain nameless - Herb)…
Bought a 1968 Runabout from this fella on the internet see…
had a 1984 FORCE 50HP on it…. this fella even delivered it and took my cash… boy did he take my cash… within 2 hours of delivery, my wife and I were stuck on our lake!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boat of course would not start… and according to this fella - it was my fault cause it was not in neutral… sure, once we were towed back to the dock, 4 different guys attempted to start the boat… no go…. well then we called this fella…
More to come in PART 2 (and it just keeps getting better)
April 4th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Ok, PT 2…
This ‘guy’ says we are idiots and he will drive back to fix the motor (when I am not there)… he does return, some wire were changed, and he then charged me $350 for a service call…
The boat worked fine!!!!!!!! FOR 2 WEEKS… then my wife, 2 sons, and our dog got stuck 5.5 KM from our dock… thank to some local folk, they towed us back in… (after $50 ‘donation’)
Instead of calling this dude, I took the boat to the local Marina, where they discovered the Compression was shot (45%), and the flywheel was loose… something the mechanic said I could not do with only 2 1/2 hours of usage.
Well I contacted this dude, and his wife threatened me with harrasment, so lesson learned - I should have just donated my money instead I got ripped!!!
Well, after all is said and done… my wife and I can laugh about it…
cause in 2 weeks I am off to Ottawa to get a NEW used boat… this time the GENTLEMEN is allowing me to take the boat to a Marina and have it checked out first - if all is well, I pay him - and it is off to the lake!!!
This seems to be the best way to go, if you are buying used off the Internet.
More fun to follow, I will continue to update you folks on the ‘fun’ part of boating - once I get to it!!
Cheers!
Mike,
Waterloo