On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:32:13 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

It appears that I was pretty close on the over weight issue -
according to the weights I was given by the manufacturer, the boat
must be 900 lbs overweight.

Does Ranger have a hull warranty of some sort? That might be one
avenue to explore. I'd bet almost anything you've got water in the
foam flotation or in the core material.