The Saga Continues to Unfold

Yesterday I did a full court press to try to talk to Dennis, the president of YachtPath, to determine what the status of the shipment was. It has been two days since we had any update, and the nominated vessel is still sitting in Ecuador. And there is no way it could make it to Fort Lauderdale by the proposed date of December 20th.

After a flurry of messages left on his office phone and cell phone, I did get an email that we would call me “within the hour”. That did not happen. Then later in the day another email that we would call be “within the hour”. That too did not happen.

This morning I started leaving messages again and received an email that we would call “within the hour”. Since the email arrived about one minute after I left a message on his cell phone, I know he is getting the messages and simply dodging my inquires. That promise to call me was also broken. Do we see a pattern?

Then, around 1pm, the selling broker Steve Fithian, called to say that he had been talking with Kevin Cummings at YachtPath and he had been assured that my boat would be shipping on the 22rd of December. Steve had a tone in his voice that I had not heard before. He was happy and confident. Steve has been great throughout this process. He has been working behind the scenes, though the back door of YachtPath to help determine what was going on. This is the first time I have ever heard any degree of confidence in his voice.

I have to take this as a hopeful sign, but I’ll reserve any enthusiasm until Dennis calls me back, “within the hour, I promise”.