harold Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I was down at Akuna Bay last weekend, fiddling on the boat and i happened to chat to the bloke who owns the boat berthed next to mine. He has a new 24ft american boat (if you want to know the make pm me) that he bought less than 12 months ago at a cost way in excess of $100k. He told me that 5 months ago he ventured outside to go fishing and he noticed water was getting into the boat, he turned around and headed back to AB and had the boat pulled out and on the bottom of the hull, running parrallel on each side, were two, one and a half metre splits in the hull. He immediately contacted the importer who didnt want to know anything about it. To cut a long story short, the guy is an engineer so he got a thermal imaging test done that showed the boat had insufficient thickness of fibreglass on the hull. Armed with this info he went to the principal of the importer and it took 15 weeks of argument and agro for the manufacturer to agree to pay for rectification work. Would i buy one of their boats? No bloody way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashir Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I would say bayliner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightweight Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 SeaRay ?? Mustang ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 pleeeease don't say Boston Whaler!!! Actually mine has already been rolled and went out drifting by herself for a few days.. before we picked her up... so a few leaks would be understandable (not that she has any though..shes a tough little boat!!!) What type of boat was it.. Cummonnnn ya know you wana say it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightweight Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Yeah Sorry, Mustang is Aussie. I was thinking of "Bayliner" Same style (ie ugly!) LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 guys i have had a few PM's and have told those people the make of the boat. It would place this site and its administrator at risk to put the name on here. It is a very popular make. harold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckendorfmortgage Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sounds like a binliner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry.dz Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Serves him right! For buying inported. I know......not again. Cant help my self. Hazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 guys, before you start speculating boat brands just remember that some of us own these brands. i have owned an 18ft Bayliner bowrider for 3 years and love it. It has kept me comfortable in sloppy conditions that would have resulted in broken backs in a tinnie Value for money boating are what theyre all about and sure, they are not the most solidly built boats in the world but used appropriately are as 'solid' as need be. As for the boat that split, i feel for the owner but these thing could potentially occur to any boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry.dz Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Very good point Jewnut. Hazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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