Re: 25' Sea Craft ?'s
Do a search on this site. Tracker had issues with several of their boats (including the Seacraft 25.)
The coast guard actually issued a recall on the (Trackers) Mako 282.
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Here's some info:
Records the boatbuilder has since provided to the Coast Guard show that 19 of the 216 Mako 282s built in 1997 and 1998 were repaired under warranty because of problems related to transom failures. There is no record of the total number of boats with defects, where owners either didn’t report their problems to Mako or where the problems surfaced after the boats’ warranties expired.
Although many Mako 282s, including the Louisiana boat prior to its current owners’ tenure, were repaired at the factory by the manufacturer, the Louisiana family was told the cracks on their boat were strictly cosmetic. Their Mako 282 was built in late 1997.
According to U.S. Coast Guard documents obtained by BoatU.S., the Mako 282 model’s design was derived by adding two feet to the design of an earlier 26 ft. model. A Coast Guard inspector concluded that the transom extension “was not provided with adequate structural support to accommodate the weight of the outboard engines.”
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This is specualtion . . . but I believe that the boats they "Stretched" Mako 282, Seacraft 25, and some others had serious structural design/construction problems. I don't know when Tracker got things under control, but I wouldn't buy one of those boats (especially from a company that DID NOT stand behind their product). There's Several companies that make quality SeaCraft hulls in that size . . . why gamble? (unless you are capable of inspecting or repairing the boat).
Good Luck!!
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