Adventures in Canvas

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Would you be pissed or what!?!?! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

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Posted by a member of Tidalfish.com:

Well, I decided to bite the bullet and get a custom-made stamoid storage cover for the boat this year. After comparing the cost of a cover to that of shrink-wrapping for about 6 years (hopefully that's at least the life of this cover), I decided to pull the trigger. Plus it would be nice to keep the dirt, leaves, and other gunk out of the boat – and hopefully lengthen the life of boat.

After consulting with some other TF members and getting various recommendations, I decided on Sandpiper Marine in Deale to the do job. I had good recommendations, and their estimates were about in line with others I'd gotten plus their location was close for me.

The result, a fine looking and fitting cover:



That was the good, now here's the bad. I'd specifically asked for a cover with tie downs to be used instead of snaps installed below the rub rail as they suggested. I had a whole list of reasons why I was not keen on +/- 100 holes in the side of my hull for snaps. So when I picked up the boat, guess how it was held down???



Needless to say I was beyond furious. They just decided to do it anyway with snaps because " we thought it would be better this way" . To make a long story short regarding the dispute; I told them I wanted the snaps out and the hull repaired, they agreed and said pay us the difference after the repairs. So all I'm out is a bunch of headache and hassle. Still, very annoying to say the least.

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That really sucks!!! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]