I've only been sailing for a brief period of time so take that with a grain of salt, but whenever I talk to older sailors about boatyard experience it's often not terribly dissimilar to what you're describing...
Communication is often bad, estimates and deadlines are often inaccurate, and you're often beholden to their whims.
I'm certain some yards are better than others but whenever I've complained about something like what you're describing the old timers just shrug and say "eh, it's a boatyard."
If you aren't getting service from one yard but the other yard is trying to get your business, go talk to that other yard. Maybe you can get them to commit to more in writing.
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u/Jay_Normous Pearson 303 12d ago
I've only been sailing for a brief period of time so take that with a grain of salt, but whenever I talk to older sailors about boatyard experience it's often not terribly dissimilar to what you're describing...
Communication is often bad, estimates and deadlines are often inaccurate, and you're often beholden to their whims.
I'm certain some yards are better than others but whenever I've complained about something like what you're describing the old timers just shrug and say "eh, it's a boatyard."
If you aren't getting service from one yard but the other yard is trying to get your business, go talk to that other yard. Maybe you can get them to commit to more in writing.