Lip-Ship for Donzi
#16
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iTrader: (1)
2nd It appears that you have made 2 bad judgement calls in this thread.
3rd "Be glad its not mine...." sure sounds threatening.
#20
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Our 43 looks really good but not because of Doug. Lee McKinnon was the main river working on the boat and he knows the ZR lineup inside and out as he worked on the Donzi ZRC race boats back in Donzi's prime. Over the course of what turned into a 2 year project (should have been 5-6 months at most) I had to make probably 10 trips to Doug's shop to get him on things. Half the time our boat hadnt been touched since the last time I was there. I even had to run around town to west marine and Various marine suppliers to buy parts that he needed but hadnt gotten around to getting then I would babysit him and make sure he go on things. The best was the day we went to pick it up for the last time; he handed us a HANDWRITEN invoice scribbled on a legal pad. He then said "oh that's my copy, you need to take a picture for yours." He is the worst business owner ever. He has what would literally be my dream job; to customize high performance boats and he is destroying it. He has literally almost ruined the hobby for us because the boat has been nothing but trouble since we have gotten it back just over a year ago. We have only put 8 hours on it and had several things fail: water leak, failed trim tab, bent props due to drive tie bar misaligned on first short run. transmission blew apart on second run and on the third run we seized a fuel pump and then realized he didn't fill any of the 3 fuel pumps with oil. I could go on and on and on. If you enjoy this hobby and want to hire a shop to do any custom work or any work in general, DO NOT USE DOUG VALENTINE.