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Conference vicki::boats

Title:	Powerboats
Notice:	Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:	KWLITY::SUTER

Created:	Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1275
Total number of notes:	18109

1214.0. "Fitchburg Marine and Boat Repair?" by HAGGLE::dorian (Tim Dorian) Sun Apr 30 1995 21:22

Has anyone ever dealt with Fitchburg Marine and boat Repair? They have
recently moved to Mass Ave in Lunenburg. The reason I'm asking is because
I cannot believe the low price they quoted for servicing my outdrive and
replacing the impeller. $80.00? Here's the real kicker. They're going to
trailer my boat back and forth from the shop for me!

My final comment was "yeah you tell me 80 then tell me it's a 180 after it's
all apart. Their response was "we don't work that way."

A positive reference would make me feel a lot better.

Tim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1214.1		NETCAD::NPARE		`Mon May 01 1995 13:15`	13
	Tim, I have never used Fitchburg Marine, but used Valley Marina in Ringe NH. just over the border from Winchendon on rt202, and Tri-City marine on rt2a just before Lunenburg center. You would'nt happen to know the owner's/mechanics name, would you??? I may know him although never been there....... Norm
1214.2	So far so good	HAGGLE::dorian	Tim Dorian	`Mon May 01 1995 15:17`	7
	>> You would'nt happen to know the owner's/mechanics name, would you??? >> I may know him although never been there....... Well so far I received 2 positive mail messages about this place. The person I'm dealing with is Vinny Deluca. It looks like I'll give them a try. Tim
1214.3	Fitchburg Marine - great service!	IAGO::PROVENCAL		`Thu May 04 1995 08:28`	8
	Hi, We had our 1993 Four Winns winterized by Vinny last year. He was great to deal with and very reasonably priced. A couple of weeks ago we brought it back in and he got it ready for the new season! Brought it in on Thursday and picked it up Friday!. He also has a great selection of Tubes, skis, vests, etc. and matches the prices in the E&B (?) catalog! Cathi P.
1214.4	Fitchburg Marine	CFSCTC::ROWE		`Thu May 04 1995 10:35`	7
	Cathi, May I ask what Fitchburg Marine charged you to winterize your boat last year? thanks -tom-
1214.5	I'm very pleased	HAGGLE::dorian	Tim Dorian	`Fri May 05 1995 06:59`	15
	Well the verdict is in. They did an excellent job. The price came to about 100 dollars over their estimate, but this was now way their fault. I had bought this boat used last year and it appears that the previous owner had never serviced the out-drive. The impeller had gotten bound up and got so hot that it and the casing it sits in were melted. Since the boat uses a heat exchanger to cool it, nothing serious took place. Without even asking they gave me all of the old parts. I was there when the unit was apart. One of the mechanics (Brian) gave me a detailed overvue of the out-drive and how to pull it apart. I'll be sending my boat to them in fall. They charge 100.00 to winterize your boat. This includes pulling off and servicing the out-drive. Tim