I have a client with a 100' + motoryacht. He hired a full-time captain to bring her from West Coast to Fl. Owner is just now aware that boat has been damaged, neglected, and many expensive items have gone missing. After doing research, turns out this seems to be a pattern for this captain as per his previous 2 owners/boats. Is there some way to report this captain so it doesn't happen to the next owner? Any suggestions? Thanks! Judy
Well, when you own a 100+ MY, you have an attorney on speed dial. IMO, that should of already happened. Next ask Carl if you can post this jerks name on some kind of a scam/black list. That may be an issue but if Carl starts a feedback/star page on the captain/crew pages and allows negative ratings, that could be a path. Since I brought this up, please make sure that new thread is for bad captains/crews, not questionable contributors..
Bounce it off of the big guy. Somewhere there has to be a safe line.. You should not post the name or story, It's hear-say to you. (Perry Mason Law School). Probably the fastest way, the owner to open his own thread. Then, any stuff is not on this site, but the poster. Just like reporting a damaged day marker and all beware.
Yep the owner has to post the details of his or her issues. There is a well known pacific northwest/west coast captain that keeps getting jobs despite that fact that he is credited for one sinking and several damaged boats under his charge. You should see the thread on sailing anarchy about him, dude is a piece of work for sure. Anyone could walk the docks and ask if anyone has experience or knowledge about hiring this particular captain and it would not take long to learn to keep your boat away from him.
This is really disgusting! Sounds like more of a common problem than I would have expected in this age of professionalism and career pride. I have gotten a few private notes asking if the initials are so and so, none of which have hit the target yet. And somewhat surprising to me is that it is people such as myself in the industry with names. Thanks for the tips and suggestions.
I have been taking yachts through Welland Canal for over twenty five years and have four or five delivery Captain every year that are short of cash and no cheques and they have always sent mea cheque in a few weeks. Last year I chased a Captain for eight months and finally sent him a text to saying if you do not pay me I will put your name out there as I am well nowen in the Yacht Industry. I called a delivery Captain in Ohio I no and gave him the guys name and in two hours the money was wired to me. I am now chasing a delivery Captain from Atlantic Georgia who I took through a mont ago I texted him last week and he told me the owner was hard to deal with and would send me a cheque that day. I guess in the future Iwill drive them to a Bank machine
We avoided this. Credit card up front. If they don't have a card to offer, we skipped them. We learned long ago from getting burnt a couple of times, CC up front. Yep, other vendors dealt with the folks we passed on and they got burnt. They can always offer a check (or cash) quickly after service to avoid the CC charges.
Nowadays with Zelle, PayPal and Venmo there are no excuses for not paying things right away. Can’t even remember the last time I wrote or received a check
But they still have to send it. With CC number in hand, kind of offers a lil security to the deal. Again, they can always send by these money transfer to avoid CC charges. No CC, No service from us..
As a shop or a yard, yes. A CC is a must and that’s how it works. Some companies, like Nautical structures will Not even schedule a service call until they have the CC form filled out … but for captains and some contractors, electronic payments work well and also eliminate any worry about CC fraud
