Contractor Maintenance Fee's

[Chief Engineer]

If you look at the marina agreements....note that when you sign most of them you are relieving the marina of any liability to any damage to your boat, yourself or your property for any reason whatsoever...including THEIR negilgence.

Another story, at a marina between Baltimore and Annapolis the owner ( a well known nut) wanted to charge me for electricity I was using......even though I was plugged into the owners boat......so I started the genset. It needed to be exercised anyhow.

[delmarrey]

It could be too that the use of power, water, waste and trash facilities may influence extra fees.

If I were to own a marina I'd ask the boat owners to pick up after the contractors or have them pay for the extra burden. So who would you want paying for their mess.

If the boat owners would have to pay I think they would be a little more selective about who they hire.

[Chief Engineer]

I, for one, do not leave my trash in any marina...except for maybe paper and coffee cups. The rest goes with me. Most marinas don't even have proper disposal for batteries/oil/antifreeze anyhow.

The money situation is tight so they are trying to be "creative".

The same way they ask for your entire slip rental in advance for the year to come.
That way they get to earn the interest on it.

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by David M

I have sympathy for bottom divers who have to put up with this.

Not an issue anywhere on the West Coast that I am aware of.

[Brent Swain]

Originally Posted by Zach

Hey Brent,

What kind of finish do you have in that cockpit?

I've been trying to figure what wouldn't get burned up by the slag!

Thanks,

Zach

Fresh coat of paint every spring. I have an aluminium cockpit box that I do my welding on. Then I grind off any spatter that sticks,which is not much.
Brent

[Hud3]

Here's what a yard owner in Deltaville, Virginia told me.

He pays for his guys to take courses and get certified to do the work needed by the boat owners. When outside contractors come in, they take away the opportunity for him to get some return on that investment. It's his yard, it's his means of making a living, so it's his rules.

[bstreep]

If he charged fair prices and did good work, he wouldn't have to worry about the competition. He should be making money on the marina. If he isn't, he needs to figure out why. If his service work doesn't make money on its own, it shouldn't be in business.

The guy who owns the marina and charges workers to work there, will EVENTUALLY, be run out of business. Supply and Demand always win out, in the end.