It's a basic tenant of business that you give the vendor of a defective product or service a chance to make it right before you take any legal action.
Just make sure you have your ducks in a row first. I'm sure you took photos of it loaded on the truck, if you show them how it the keel should have been blocked before you can document it wasn't done right you're done. If you have no photos or witnesses on your side then without the help of your insurance company you will need a lawyer to depose employees of the yard who loaded it and the driver correctly. They need to tell what they did under oath before they get wind of the correct procedure. Otherwise you'll hear them quote the exact angle of the proper blocking. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Secretary/Treasurer Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 <http://www.catalina27.org/> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe McCary Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Perplexing keel problem after long distance hauling I have just three words for you: GET A LAWYER! Where are you located? Find a lawyer who is a sailor and one you would not want on the other side and hire him. Joe McCary Aeolus II #4795 West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to thank all of you for your thoughts regarding my keel problem. The damage to my boat was certainly caused by the hauler, although he claims that once a boat is lashed down on the flatbed, it cannot move, not even the slightest, so therefore he is not responsible for anything that happened. It doesn't seem like he has a good sense of physics. He blames any problems either on those who put the boat on the trailer or on those who removed it. He wants to claim that he has no responsibility or control over loading or unloading, but this makes no sense whatsoever. Is there anyone out there with a sense of how this works? I was able to take some of the pressure off the aft end of the keel today by lifting it some on the stands. The keel is only blocked on the extreme forward end now. As a result the crack is a bit wider.
