Does Your Marina Allow Outside Service Techs?

[JRowenole]

Dear All:

O.K., I know, I need to learn how to change my own oil, filters, etc. on my 2006 340 Sundancer. I AM learning how to do these things (learning patience is another subject, however!).

That being said, does your marina allow service techs that are not employed by their service department to work on your boat?

On our lake, it varies. My marina will not allow ANYONE to service boats in their marina other than by their service department.

Other marinas will allow outside service techs, but they must provide proof of insurance.

Thanks!


John

 

[Endsmtg]

Dear All:

O.K., I know, I need to learn how to change my own oil, filters, etc. on my 2006 340 Sundancer. I AM learning how to do these things (learning patience is another subject, however!).

That being said, does your marina allow service techs that are not employed by their service department to work on your boat?

On our lake, it varies. My marina will not allow ANYONE to service boats in their marina other than by their service department.

Other marinas will allow outside service techs, but they must provide proof of insurance.

Thanks!


John

Mine allows it, but charges a 15% service fee!

 

[fwebster]

Yes, as long as the outside vendor has at least $1.0 mil in liability coverage, they have my permission and they have the property owners listed as also insureds.

If the property is open to the general public and you access your boat without going thru a manned or electronically controlled accces point like a card reader operated gate latch, then it is a restraint of trade to prohibit outside vendors as long as the vendors adhere to all marina rules.

The rub is: Do you want to be the one to sue your landlord for restraint of trade? Also, the rules the marina drafts may be onerous and so restirctive that no vendor will deal wanrts to deal with them.

 

[jrcinnh]

My marina is condo so we make the rules. We just require insurance. We don't have any service facilities other than a lift anyway.

One rental marina on the lake requires that all your service be done by them. Plus you must winterize with them and use them for offseason storage. By all service it means that you can't even take your boat to the dealer for service. They must do everything. They bend their rules for warranty work, that they can't do. They're Merc and Volvo certified so most engine work has to be done by them. Obviously people cheat and get away with it.

Since slips have been tight on the lake and this is a pretty nice spot, they have been able to get away with this. At times they have a several year waiting list. Now I see they have a few slips in the classified, so the rules may be relaxed.

 

[sbw1]

Yes mine does allow outsiders. Just had the latest underwater exhaust system installed by factory techs. They just had to adhere to the local work rules and do the work during normal business hours. This involved tenting the boat and cleaning up the mess they made. In the spring I have a detailer help me with my hull. As long as I am there, no problem. I have to say the owner of this marina is superb to work with and makes our boating experience a pleasure.

 

[sbw1]

Dear All:
On our lake, it varies. My marina will not allow ANYONE to service boats in their marina other than by their service department.John

I don't understand how this could be enforced. I see the Cat service dealer, Cummins dealer and others doing work at our storage marina all the time. Unless your marina is an authorized service dealer how would you maintain your warranty and perform things like 500 hour service inspections?

 

[jrirvine1]

My marina has no on site service of any kind, so they have to allow mobile service techs. They just need to be on an approved list that is posted on a bulletin board near the gas dock. This I think is a good system as it give us a wide choice of who to call and keeps overhead costs down for the marina.

 

[Dancin Dave]

Our marina allows outside vendors providing they furnish an insurance certificate with 2 million liability coverage, and they have to check in and out and follow the rules. Cat, and major component service techs can come and go as they please, they are on the grounds on a daily basis.

 

[RiverRat]

My marina does also...

 

[eddiezuskin]

In my marina all of the businesses lease space from the marina. Fiberglass shop, diesel shop, 2 everything shops and one has a small retail store. There was a canvas shop but I believe he's gone and not yet replaced.

I always see outside mobile vendors doing routine service on boats, detailing, painting bottoms, etc. I'm not really sure of the policy but we do have a gated access system, but it only requires card to be swiped between 6:00pm and 6:00am.

We have a great guy whose business includes teaching owners to operate and maintain their own boats. Charges $55/hr to work with you. I'm hoping I can convince my wife to spend a couple hours with him learning to dock our new project boat, a 1982 Carver 33 Mariner.
Eddie, a man with 2 boats, Zuskin

 

[SaltyDog]

Marina we were at in Wisconsin for several years would not allow outside "workers" unless the marina approved them. What this really meant was the marina added a percentage to the bill, their cut.