Aug. 31, 2007 - Peters Opal In Administration

With all the excitement of recent trips over to Zeeland, I've forgotten to record the sad news that Peters Opal - the UK Main Agent for Bavaria Yachts, went into Administration around the 15th August. This is terrible news for all those people with deposits and partly paid for boats as they will probably loose the lot. "There but for the grace.....". Of course, it is pretty bad news for their former employees - like Andy and Arthur up at Ipswich.

How lucky we are that it did not happen four or five months earlier, otherwise we would have been one of the unfortunate ones. As it is we can forget about the outstanding work to the toe rail, or any other warranty work that would have been down to the dealer. The TV antena is a particular example, as we will have to pay the Dutch marina to fix it, with no recourse back to the dealer who fitted it in the first place. The work should by now have been completed. I was supposed to 'phone the marina this afternoon to check, but forgot as I was very busy at work. Will check up next week as we definitely want it working for our week's "cruise" in September.