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cmattj wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:42 am Sinking at the Dock

As I launched our 22 Donzi for a lunch run I proceeded with my pre flight check list.( oils , resv level, belts etc).
What’s this in my fancy fresh water chrome strainer? Delta weeds had it full. So let’s clean it out quickly as it has fancy wing nuts just for this reason.
I quickly learned the strainer was at water level as the last wing nut allowed the water to pop the lid off and send it to the bilge.( never never land ).
Within 20 seconds she’s flooding fast and filling up as I have no recourse in finding my lid.


The bilge pump kindly kicked on but couldn’t keep up and the Donzi was going down .
Thank goodness I pulled it forward on the hoist and raised it from harm.
With the sound of the bilge pump still running my lovely wifey asked me a question...( “Dont they make some sort of Saftey shutoff Incase that thingy breaks? )
“ Yes they do “ I replied.. “But now I know why that petcock valve was recommended and should be installed.”
Lessons we learned the scary way right?

ajcampen wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:17 pm I will make a list one of these days soo of all my dumb actions

mdadgar wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:25 pm Today, I put my brand-new $1500 Cobalt mooring cover, still in its box, in the back of the boat for the tow to the storage yard. And of course it was gone when I arrived.



We retraced about 75% of our steps - no box on the side of the road. I'll get the other 25% tomorrow.

Otherwise, I guess it's a call to the insurance co.

mdadgar wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:58 pm

mdadgar wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:25 pm Today, I put my brand-new $1500 Cobalt mooring cover, still in its box, in the back of the boat for the tow to the storage yard. And of course it was gone when I arrived.



We retraced about 75% of our steps - no box on the side of the road. I'll get the other 25% tomorrow.

Otherwise, I guess it's a call to the insurance co.

So I gotta follow up on this.

I have a $1K deductible - an insurance claim isn't worth the effort. So I call the local dealer (which is about 3 hours away) and order another cover. They give me a small discount to offset the pain because they feel bad for me. Cover will be produced by July 9, which gives Commercial Sewing plenty of time to ship it to me before I leave for my epic tow to Table Rock.

A week later, I get a vmail from the local Cobalt dealer, who says "Mike called and has your cover. Give him a call back at XXX-YYY-ZZZZ."

I call "Mike" and it turns out that he found my boxed cover on the side of the road and it's in fine shape other than the box is a bit scuffed. He's kindly hanging on to it for me until I get up there on Friday. He called the dealer because their phone # was on it and mine wasn't (although my name and address was).

So I call the dealer back to cancel the new cover order. "No refunds, sorry." I ask if they can all Commercial Sewing, since if they haven't cut material yet, there should be no issue in canceling. He calls back and says they have started, so the cover is coming my way.

In the space of an hour, I went from zero $1600 mooring covers to two.

Ahh, well, I guess I have a spare now.

Boats.

- Mark

mdadgar wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:58 pm

mdadgar wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:25 pm Today, I put my brand-new $1500 Cobalt mooring cover, still in its box, in the back of the boat for the tow to the storage yard. And of course it was gone when I arrived.



We retraced about 75% of our steps - no box on the side of the road. I'll get the other 25% tomorrow.

Otherwise, I guess it's a call to the insurance co.

So I gotta follow up on this.

I have a $1K deductible - an insurance claim isn't worth the effort. So I call the local dealer (which is about 3 hours away) and order another cover. They give me a small discount to offset the pain because they feel bad for me. Cover will be produced by July 9, which gives Commercial Sewing plenty of time to ship it to me before I leave for my epic tow to Table Rock.

A week later, I get a vmail from the local Cobalt dealer, who says "Mike called and has your cover. Give him a call back at XXX-YYY-ZZZZ."

I call "Mike" and it turns out that he found my boxed cover on the side of the road and it's in fine shape other than the box is a bit scuffed. He's kindly hanging on to it for me until I get up there on Friday. He called the dealer because their phone # was on it and mine wasn't (although my name and address was).

So I call the dealer back to cancel the new cover order. "No refunds, sorry." I ask if they can all Commercial Sewing, since if they haven't cut material yet, there should be no issue in canceling. He calls back and says they have started, so the cover is coming my way.

In the space of an hour, I went from zero $1600 mooring covers to two.

Ahh, well, I guess I have a spare now.

Boats.

- Mark

Big Block Power wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:08 am I guess I wouldn't be thrilled about it. But put it on ebay it will sell.

mdadgar wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:08 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:08 am I guess I wouldn't be thrilled about it. But put it on ebay it will sell.

I've wondered about that. I have an A25 - Cobalt didn't build a lot of those. How much demand can there really be?

- Mark