Sometimes fixing something on an older boat also involves breaking
something else. As boats age the number of things waiting to break
starts to climb. You break things just taking them off to fix the
original problem. Or shortly after you work on the boat something
unrelated just breaks. The boat owners want to blame you for the
additional problems because you were the last one working on it. You
know; "I took it in to have the alternator replaced and two weeks later
the exhaust risers are clogged." Well sure getting the 14 year old
rusted on alternator might have required some banging. And the scale
on the exhaust risers that have also been in salt water for 14 years
was just waiting for an excuse to drop off by the pound. Some marinas
figure it just ain't worth it. On newer boats what breaks is usually
one thing and isn't surrounded by other stuff that just about to break.

wrote:
I have heard that dealerships in the Southeastern Mass. area are
refusing work on boats over ten years old. Anyone have information as
to why? Is this practice common elsewhere?