hello all
I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a private residence in Florida... I pay me dock rent each month on time... I keep my boat plugged into shore power to keep the batteries fresh... the other day I ask my buddy to go down and get my boat and have it taken to the repair marina to have the motor and transmission serviced...
he went down to the boat, then immediately called me.... someone had stolen my shore power cord, and the 3 group 24 AGM batteries I had inside the boat.... the bilge was full of water too...
my marine insurance agent said it was less than my $500 to replace them... I contacted the owner of the property, and he doesn't have insurance on the dock or anything tied up to the dock... his property insurance doesn't cover anything tied to the dock...
this is going to throw off my up coming vacation... I now have extra added expenses before I even go down there... be warry of dock agreements with private home owners on responsibility of theft or vandalism to your boat...
at present I am looking for a good marina to put my boat... my buddy will move it there for me before I come down on vacation... it is a shame you cannot trust everyone to leave someone elses property alone...
sincerely
Jess
I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a private residence in Florida... I pay me dock rent each month on time... I keep my boat plugged into shore power to keep the batteries fresh... the other day I ask my buddy to go down and get my boat and have it taken to the repair marina to have the motor and transmission serviced...
he went down to the boat, then immediately called me.... someone had stolen my shore power cord, and the 3 group 24 AGM batteries I had inside the boat.... the bilge was full of water too...
my marine insurance agent said it was less than my $500 to replace them... I contacted the owner of the property, and he doesn't have insurance on the dock or anything tied up to the dock... his property insurance doesn't cover anything tied to the dock...
this is going to throw off my up coming vacation... I now have extra added expenses before I even go down there... be warry of dock agreements with private home owners on responsibility of theft or vandalism to your boat...
at present I am looking for a good marina to put my boat... my buddy will move it there for me before I come down on vacation... it is a shame you cannot trust everyone to leave someone elses property alone...
sincerely
Jess
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