[Briguy]

I have been lurking and now it's time for me to throw my hat in the ring. I simply CANNOT believe the quality of this boat. Do we here on the board really think Captain C's 25 is the ONLY boat out there with manufacturing problems? Does the current owner of SeaCraft even care about quality and workmanship. I am embarrased for Mr. Mosley and Mr. Potter for coming up with such a great product, building a reputation for boats that last 30+ years and then having Tracker basterdize their product. Look at their product quality-This is not the first time a 23 or 25 has had MAJOR structural problems! Check out some threads on thehulltruth.com


[img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]You are not the only one. I bought a 2003 Seacraft 23' early this summer. Used it several times without issue. Went on a camping trip for a long weekend and took the boat. This was the fist time it sat in the watter more than 8 hours. After the long weekend I put the boat on my trailer. Get back to the camp ground to finish packing evrything up and notice alot of water coming from the boat. I start poking around and fina a 1/8 inch hole drilled into the bottom of the boat from which the water is draining.

The water continued to drain in a steady stream for almost a full day, and driped on my dealers showroom floor for the next week. It turns out that some idiot in the Miami factory drilled a pilot hole for a thru-hull fitting and realied that it went through to the stringer so he redrilled someplace else. Well this genius forgot to go back and fill the hole, had he done so there would have been no issue. The long and the shor of it is that aprox. 60-80 gallons of water was forced up into the fiberglass stringers.

Upon finding this out I drafted a nice letter to the dealer and Seacraft revoking acceptance of the boat and demainding a full refund or a replacement hull. My dealer treated me top notch and after going through the typical buracradic crap you have with a corporation I was given a new hull, to which all the option my first hull had were fitted. Seacraft was very helpful and handled this in a very professional manner, I have to commend them. They have earned a happy and probaly a repeat customer.

Will they be as kind to you, I can't say. I was helped by the fact that I am an attorney and just happen to specialze in Admiralty and litigation.

[img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]I did sea trial a 25 (either a '99 or '00). I'll only mention the construction issues that I saw, since thats what you're having a problem with. The livewell was cracked and leaking, plumbing to the livewell was leaking and rust spots under the clamps, the console door broke a hinge when I opened it, the hull had a hollow "ringing" sound to it in very calm swells

Capt. C. Spend the $$$$$$$$$$ see an attorney! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]