repairing Awlgrip paint scratches

The Other Gary

The Other Gary

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Anyone have any experience with the procedure and cost of repairing scratches in this paint?
I got blown into a sailboat when docking at the end of July and scratched his new paint. three scratches of about 10 inches long in an area say 6 inches by 12 inches. the boat was a new 2008 and the paint was 3 months old.
 
Gary,

I called the guy that did my boat after the tree fell on it. Had it Awlgriped and a swim platform put on while it was in the shop for repairs (dark blue).

He said, depending on color, figure 350 to 500...this is in Oklahoma money :)

Stan
 
Thanks Stan, it turns out this guy has already had the repairs done and now want about 5 times that amunt. I have been digging a bit and found out he had his dealer do it and they sublet the repair to another shop. Now my insurance company cannot inspect the damage prior approving the claim.
I smell a rat or a guy with more money than he knows what to do with and no clue as to how an insurance claim would work.
When the damage occurred I gave my card to the Yacht Club Dockmaster but they would not give me the boat owners name or contact info.
6 weeks later, with the scratches repaired, and other scratches from other mishaps too I might add, he is faxing me a big bill with no previous communication or request for insurance info.

Hmm, I need a sea lawyer. I want to do the right thing but I don't want to fund his whole boat fix or his dealer's markup when the repair facility was right in the harbour and deals direct with insurance companies at discounted rates.
 
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Originally posted by The Other Gary

Thanks Stan, it turns out this guy has already had the repairs done and now want about 5 times that amunt. I have been digging a bit and found out he had his dealer do it and they sublet the repair to another shop. Now my insurance company cannot inspect the damage prior approving the claim.
I smell a rat or a guy with more money than he knows what to do with and no clue as to how an insurance claim would work.
When the damage occurred I gave my card to the Yacht Club Dockmaster but they would not give me the boat owners name or contact info.
6 weeks later, with the scratches repaired, and other scratches from other mishaps too I might add, he is faxing me a big bill with no previous communication or request for insurance info.

Hmm, I need a sea lawyer. I want to do the right thing but I don't want to fund his whole boat fix or his dealer's markup when the repair facility was right in the harbour and deals direct with insurance companies at discounted rates.

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Did the yacht club dockmaster verify the damage you caused and is it possible to get a worst case scenario estimate based on your descriptions.
 
Yes and my description is accurate in my first post. At first i had a problem with whether I had done it or not as the rubrail heights did not match. Then I found a curl of Awlgrip, in his colour (black) a little further aft where my rubrail drops down a bit, on a slightly protruding screwhead on my rubrail. They were not deep scratches and did not reach the prime coat.
 
$2,500 is not too far out of line, if the paint was less than 3 months old and you gouged the clear coat and color coat. You cannot just repair the gouged areas, you must blend the recoating in so as to avoid the repaired area standing out, which means coating say a 4' X 4' or larger area. Did you take photo's of the damage? Turn it over to your underwriter and let them deal with it. Some where on the internet you can bet the other side of this story is being told.
 
This is a tough call, but if I were the owner of the boat that suffered the scratches, and it was a 2008 boat with a 3-month old AWLgrip job, I'd be looking to be made 100% whole and would be looking for the entire side to be resprayed. I would not be satisfied with a repair to my otherwise relatively new paint job.
 
The guy with the sail boat needs to call his insurance company. Don't give him a dime. Do provide him with all of your information including the name and policy number for your insurance company. His insurance company will call your insurance company and all will be taken care of by them. Not by any exchange between the two of you, that is just asking for trouble. The scratches to his boat are not your fault, it is called an accident and that is exactly the purpose for insurance. Most likely his carrier will pay for his damages minus the deductible. His carrier will then contact your carrier and attempt subrogation (investigation for reimbursement). If subrogation is approved your carrier will reimburse his carrier for the damages and the sail boat guy will get his deductible back.
 
Bill 2 and Adjuster, I agree with both of you and cannot understand why he chose to take it back to the dealer rather than to the paint shop that did the work (they are in the same building) and advertises themselves as doing insurance jobs for most major carriers.
He also had additional damage from sailboat racing in another incident.
I tried twice to contact him thru the dockmaster to exchange insurance details but they only pass a message and will not give out a member's name.
I suspect he is going to have an uphill battle on this if the work is already done and there has been no adjuster called in or reporting of the mishap other than what I did at the time. My carrier is not going to play ball real well given the circumstances.
 
The proper procedure at this point is to give him your information to your insurance company and tell him to take it up with them. It should have been handled this way from the begining. You are out of it and shouldn't be a negotiator or adjuster.
 
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