I have a detail guy that I call out once a year to wash, clay bar, wax our vehicles. He's done my boat once but generally is very expensive.... but worth every penny. He spends a minimum of 4 hours per car detailing every inch of it and it always looks new.
My boat was in desperate need of a good waxing and to get all of the mold out of the hatches, so I had him do a full detail job on it.
To give you a backstory, when I bought the boat I got a pamphlet saying the center console is chemically bonded to the deck and there are no bolts holding it on (along with sort of instructions to do it myself). After each trip I give it a slight push to make sure it's still bonded and for 16 years has held true. Of course I lost the paperwork a long time ago, but I always had an idea that I will probably have to bolt it down sometime. Problem is there are no access points to really bolt it down from below.... it's filled with foam.... and there is a big gas tank under the console in which there are no docs anywhere saying the dimensions of the tank and to not drill into it...
I've contacted mako but they won't share schematics since its' "Proprietary information" and they want you to buy a new boat rather than fix your old one.
Well, after my last trip, everything looked good. The day after the fine detailing of the boat, I went to put the cover back on and you guessed it. wiggle wiggle wiggle...
I'm not going to blame him nor try to get him to fix it since he wasn't aware but I'm not sure when exactly it happened. I feel like I should have warned him in case he was putting extreme pressures on the rail around the console while waxing.
In any case, I need to fix it and of course can't find any information. On top of that, my shoulder is killing me again and the "Micromancer" is having me at work 11 hours a day which is infuriating. BTW, Micromancer's are people who magically control everything while doing nothing.
Anywho.... My weekends will not be boat fishing unless lake or bay fishing I guess until I get it fixed, which hopefully will be soon.
Well, back to work for me. The *crack* over my head just now was just to let me know there's no fun around this joint and just misery.
Until the next Tijuana tide!
Ouch, that sucks ! Maybe a fiberglass guy can do something custom and make it solid again, just a thought ;) Hopefully you get it resolved soon cause this season should be a really good one. Your work situation sounds exhausting, perhaps a trip to The Sierras would calm some nerves :D I hope things get easier at work, nobody like to be micro managed >:( Ice the shoulder and give it a break and have a great weekend !