You must be their dream over-shoulder-question-asker. LOL

Jk, I know you appreciate how good they are at their jobs.

You get a certain # of questions allowance w/o penalty. It's sort of a complicated formula based on the length of the boat, # of engines and H.P.
You never want to exceed that allowance, each question overage pushes your boats completion back 1 day.

On a more serious note I have been getting a good ribbing from Mr. Sobo. Since Nor-Tech is a semi custom boat builder not everything is on the build sheet. Sometimes it's easier to use pictures or examples of things one wants incorporated into their boat build. I made 3 copies of a submittal type booklet that is comprised of pictures from my previous NT, other NT's and or anything that I thought would assist the riggers w/ style, location etc. I have a copy as does Terry & Sportboats so we can always refer to it in conversations. Terry and I were speaking last week and when I referenced my picture book he responded "Oh You Mean Your How To Build A Boat Guide". I was like Real Nice, I try to do something to help them be successful and eliminate mistakes / rework & now I'm being made fun of.

It's ok many like to poke fun at my attention to detail ways but once they've had a taste, love em or hate them they come to appreciate that level of detail even more when they deal w/ the next customer who may not be quite as buttoned up! That's when I smile biggest.

Not to mention you may actually get the boat they way you want it and not the way someone else thinks it should be! What a concept.........
Tough to manage with semi custom boat builders that work both sides of the fence from production to custom!
I am like you Michael the more details the better......

+1 much better than beating yourself up wishing you had mentioned something or wishing you'd been more specific.
It's also the reason I invest in trips to NT during the build process, $500+ every time I go which would fill the gas tank BUT I think it pays big dividends in the end.

Every time they have to reference the book, I think they visit this chart and update your work order.

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That's the 1st thought that came to my head when I read Greg's Post, I was just too lazy to dig up the pic and attach.

I think I'm going to ask Mr Sobo to BCC me on your emails and his replies. I need more humor in my days.

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Yes I believe it ended up somewhere in Massachusetts.
Im told the new owner also owns a home in FL too.

I am a GC and do a lot of high end custom work, I love customers like you. They know what they want and can explain it to me! I always try to tell the customers if you and I are discussing an idea, I can guarantee we don't have the same same image in our heads of the finished product. Also probably easier the second time around, so that being said when are you building the third one?