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Well ... I can tell you who NOT to go to ... Cracker Boy, NO WAY ...

... I had a miserable experience with them couple years ago. The owner, Marty Murphy, and his boatyard goons are about as crooked and dishonest as they come. They also have no idea what they are doing and should not be caring for well-loved boats. My experience was at their Ft. Pierce Yard, not Riviera Beach. The Riviera Yard seems more polished than the Ft. Pierce Yard, which is a Dump. I have had a few things stolen from my boat while at the Cracker Boy Ft. Pierce Yard. The Riviera Yard seems to have more boats, more business and more sailboats than Ft. Pierce, which used to be more full, and now pretty much empty, and for good reason, these guys are rednecks. So perhaps Riviera is okay, I can't really say about that Yard, nevertheless, this clown Murphy is dishonest. Basically, his crew damaged my boat, the crew who were handling it were completely incompetent, using the wrong crane and never should have touched my boat. After the damage, Murphy reached out and apologized several times to me personally, admitted guilt, told me he would pay my damage costs, that he had already contacted his insurance company, that they would be handling the claim. So, I proceeded to use his Yards for the repair work, which was done by another contractor, Florida Rigging & Hydraulics, who I think are excellent, and I paid directly. When I got the Cracker Boy bills, they were fabricated, outrageous and unfair. In hindsight, Murphy new exactly what he was doing, he had no intention all along of reimbursing my damages, but instead coerced me to continue using his Yard, with my understanding & expectation no costs would be incurred, as they were responsible for the damage, and used this opportunity to grossly inflate and make up charges, so as to "offset" the damages from my repairs. I got conned by a snake-oil salesman, who obviously has plenty of experience with this kind of trickery. And then at the end, he tried to tell me I was ultimately responsible for the damage, that I directed and managed his crew, and so on, and hardly the case. All lies. I will not ever go back to either of those Yards, these folks are bad people. Cheers, John

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