My wife is totally incapable of being anything but nice so I'm not sure much came of the conversation.
He was communicating with me before she called so he is again moving along. It's part of the pattern that he get some stuff done and sends me a bunch of pics, then doesn't do anything. One piece of good news is that, based on the pics, the boat is inside his shop.
This first pic looked to me like damage in the bilge. I asked him about this and he said it just hadn't been painted completely which you can see if you zoom in. The second pic shows the tanks being in. I am not sure if they are in in or simply dry fitted. Anyways, they fit.