Sailfish problems......

[76Red18]

I bet no 2 year old SeaCraft ever had stress cracks. I say structural failure, probably liner- stringer detachment. I saw some pics with cracks on the deck radiating out from a point. Has to be from impact;liner to stringer contact.
We se these cracks on our older boats because of structural failure due to the many impacts from waves over a long period and moisture weakened coreing

[bigeasy1]

All i can say,is that i'd be pretty pssd off, if i had a two year old boat with that many stress cracks.The 74 Tsunami i'm restoring does'nt have anywhere close to that many.

I also have a 1985 22' Trophy which is an entry level inexpensive boat,and it has very very few stress cracks,and i don't baby this boat.It's taken more than it's share of rough water pounding.
It's in better shape than that 2 year old high priced Sailfish.

[Ikan Besar]

I bet no 2 year old SeaCraft ever had stress cracks.

I've been on four MONTH old SeaCraft's with stress cracks. As mentioned above, one really hard landing or very rough day can twist things just enough to create some cracks - not worrisome cracks but visually unappealing.

[76Red18]

I've been on four MONTH old SeaCraft's with stress cracks. As mentioned above, one really hard landing or very rough day can twist things just enough to create some cracks - not worrisome cracks but visually unappealing.

Was that an old 4 month old SeaCraft or a new one?

[Ikan Besar]

2001 20' Master Angler (the one with the coffin box console).
2000 21' - basically a 23' with a foot or two knocked off.

SeaCraft's are nice enough boats, I've owned a few, including a 1976 18' (that was covered with stress cracks). But they get stress cracks just like any other fiberglass boat.

[76Red18]

I guess I've got a fairly well taken care of boat. The only cracks appear on the edges of a couple of soft spots on the floor.