BTW, to define long hours, think 18hrs a day everyday you are on charter and turn around days. Busy charter boats may go 2+ months straight through.
At 28 you're still in good shape. Gals over 40 just starting have trouble. As long as you're established and experienced by 33-35 you're ok.
Not that I care, but why add me? I put it right out there that this was a multi hand story and hearsay applies. Shazam had reasonable points and...
You've got that dead on. It doesn't matter near as much of what the boat was built of as it does who built the boat, and I'm talking the guys on...
Well, I would think that they would be building under some ISO 9001 or 9002 rules which would mean they should have QC samples of each boat and...
I used to sail a 150yr old wood boat that still had the vast majority of its original wood and fasteners. When wood has an issue, it will show...
Why do you think you've lost strength with wood? Wood is the superior material.
Thanks for first hand info.
Realities of the industry: If you are less than 25, cute, fit and trim (big people don't make it well in many crew quarters), you will get a job...
And that's where I have a problem. Shazam does have information he is not being allowed (or so goes the story I have been told, hearsay applies)...
Yep, the one thing they do have is a strong welfare/human services system and I'm sure that's what that group is looking at for inclussion. They...
Try real tests like where the economic base is. Australias economy revolves around the export of raw mineral resources, even worse actually in...
Admin Note: This thread was split from a previous discussion. Hi, I had a look at your website. It is just as well you had enough time on...
About 30% of the joinery work at most would be economicaly unrecoverable, the rest is screw in/out. Machinery is all recoverable. If they are...
The sad truth is though, very few boats roll out without major issues to repair on commissioning. I've commissioned over 100 boats over the years,...
How many boats are we talking about? Are the production lines running at capacity? There is no "loss of use" compensation.
I didn't say that was my finding as to Vikings and MAN, I was just using the example of what not supporting your customers can lead to. I have 2...
With that I have no argument. I agree also that $250k should be doable, but you'd have to ship it to China to keep the labor rates down on the...
Ok, I'm not having trouble believing that that is true to some extent. The question really though is did the old man institute changes to rectify...
The manufacturer is always the one responsible to the consumer for his sub contractors. They were the ones who chose them. The manufacturer can...
