Craig Schreck
Veteran Member
To start if by any chance anyone already knows anything about the following issue I request that the Marina name isn't posted publicly...I personally feel that it is unethical & it is not my intent to hurt their reputation... Hurricane Florence & coastal Carolina was an event at this Marina, the yard hauled many boats just before the storm in a area prone to flooding from a NW wind. My best guess is that the yard "on the hard" is less than 6 foot above sea level with a 9 to 12 foot flood forecast days before the storm. the storm resulted in an 11 foot serge with many boats floating off their blocking and settling down either contacting other boats causing damage or in very close contact with causing no damage... My boat was involved in this mess but after the storm was over it was not damaged but in close contact to a smaller 30 foot sailboat … less than a 1/4 inch from his rub rail to the fwd star side of my boat .. a have a trawler that remained on its blocking without shifting. a large crane was employed to lift the boats for re blocking or launching as needed... The yard crew spotted for the crane as ground crew... In the process of removing this sailboat the AL grip paint was effected in several spots requiring repainting... the irony of this deal was I just finished buffing the hull weeks before the storm & it really looked great... Now for the dilemma... after 30 years employed in the marine industry repowering boats from 35 70 70 foot employing cranes I know the sail boat could have been safely removed without damaging my boat had some form of care like chafe gear or the sailboat was removed by booming up while cabling down to take the weight and slide the sailboat back without lifting with excessive height. my paint was damaged because the flair of my hull decreased the clearance between boats if the sailboat was lifted more than one inch off its keel. the sailboats weight leaned on the next boat over, the Marina feels they are not responsible blaming the crane & the crane people said because the marina crew spotted & instructed the crane operator it was on the marina, I have never after 30 years in the boat biz had any legal issues that couldn't be negotiated between the party's until now. until this point I really enjoyed this marina for it is pretty much a friendly laid back place & atmosphere. so does anyone have any opinions or subjection's without involving lawyers?,