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Bareboat
charter
of
FYLY
SY
Amigo
(Dufour
460GL/2020)
in
Mykonos
Oct
01
-Oct
08
2022:
At
boat
takeover
we
reported
already
diesel
smell
in
the
aft
cabins
nevertheless
the
FYLY
employee
stated
that
the
boat
had
been
refuelled
and
that
that
smell
would
be
temporary
and
dissipate;
unfortunately
for
us,
it
did
not
dissipate!
During
our
whole
charter
we
discovered
and
reported
several
additional
weaknesses/issues
to
the
charter
company
and
the
FYLY
Mykonos
base
manager
Karagiorgos
Makis
;
with
the
permanent
Diesel
smell
in
several
cabins
being
the
biggest
health
endangering
and
discomforting
issue!
FYLY
Amigo
-
Dufour
460
GL
-
List
of
issues:
1.
Diesel
smell
-
strong
smell
of
diesel,
one
rear
cabin
was
completely
unusable,
another
rear
cabin
had
only
very
limited
use.
Due
to
bad
weather
conditions
we
were
back
at
the
Mykonos
base
on
Oct
5
2022
and
further
investigation
by
ourselves
showed
that
a
diesel
film
was
present
in
the
bilge
thus
we
decided
to
add
some
water
into
the
bilge
and
then
pump
off
the
liquid
in
the
bilge
with
the
electrical
bilge
pump.
We
discovered
that
the
bilge
pump
was
electrically
operating,
as
it
did
also
at
boat
handover,
BUT
it
did
not
pump
a
single
centilitre
out
of
the
bilge
(!).
We
then
decided
to
use
the
manual
bilge
pump
and
guess
what,
that
one
was
also
not
pumping
anything!
As
such
we
discovered
that
we
were
given
a
boat
by
FYLY
Mykonos
base
having
2
broken
bilge
pumps!!
The
FYLY
base
manager
was
called
to
see
this
failure
with
his
own
eyes
and
he
was
unable
himself
to
get
the
pumps
to
work.
He
then
tried
to
tell
us
that
we
had
broken
both
pumps
but
he
had
to
give
up
on
that
allegation
rather
quickly.
It
goes
without
saying
that
such
a
safety-failing
boat
should
never
have
been
handed
over
by
FYLY
as
bilge
pumps
are
life-saving
devices!
2.
On
Oct
6
2022
12:00,
FYLY
executed
a
cleaning
nevertheless
it
was
a
total
fail
as
subsequently
all
fore
and
aft
cabins
had
strong
diesel
smell.
3.
Aside
these
major
boat
issues
additional
weaknesses
were
discovered
and
reported
in
writing
and
pictures:
1.
boat
hook
is
unstable,
not
lockable,
end
handle
comes
loose
2.
cleat
on
mast
to
which
the
topping
lift
is
secured
has
come
loose,
fall
off
3.
Emergency
ladder
not
accessible
from
the
water
4.
Torn
seam
at
a
life
jacket
5.
missing
whistle
at
a
life
jacket
6.
loose
fastening
sleeves
of
the
swim
ladder,
ladder
is
turning
under
the
bathing
platform
7.
backrest
cockpit
(railing
at
the
stern)
wobbles
8.
topping
lift
is
not
adjustable
from
cockpit
which
results
in
inability
to
trim
sails
while
sailing
and
to
fold/unfold
the
bimini
while
sailing
9.
mainsail
pulley
is
hardly
turning
and
might
soon
break
10.
one
reefing
pennant
is
crossed
which
raises
friction
11.
hinge
of
seat
flap
over
outside
shower
torn
came
out
and
was
already
broken
at
handover
12.
one
fender
defective
(no
air)
13.
two
mooring
ropes/lines
are
damaged
14.
hand
pumps
in
toilets
are
difficult
to
operate
15.
dirty
bathrooms
(soap
residues,
mold),
mattresses,
sheets
and
towels
16.
door
handles
are
loose
17.
salt
water
tap
in
the
kitchen
is
without
function
/
pump
18.
Plenty
of
Hull
damages
which
were
not
visible
from
the
deck/above
because
of
neighboring
boats
in
the
Marina
19.
Many
cabinet
hinges
/
locks
are
defective
20.
We
were
urged
by
FYLY
to
the
fast
handover
on
1/10/2022
Summary:
To
find
a
two
year
old
sailing
yacht
in
such
a
used
condition
does
not
show
regular,
caring
and
professional
maintenance
by
the
charterer
FYLY.
FYLY
did
not
deal
properly
with
the
diesel
smell
nor
with
the
bilge
pump
failures
(we
were
even
titled
in
writing
by
the
Athens
headoffice
responsible
Filippos
Konstantinidis
to
be
“story
tellers”
despite
having
written
confirmation
of
the
intense
diesel
smell
by
an
independent
third
party
and
3rd
party
witness
of
the
bilge
pump
failures)
thus
WE
CANNOT
RECOMMEND
NOR
TRUST
FYLY
and
for
sure
we
will
never
contract
again
with
FYLY.
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