On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:32:20 -0500, BAR wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:59:34 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
I get Boattest e-mails, and though I found this interesting, I can't
quite figure out the intent. Seems a bit unfair to Chaparral, but at
the same time I appreciate this type of article for the "what can go
wrong" aspect.
http://www.boattest.com/Resources/vi...spx?NewsID=608

--Vic

Unfair to Chaparral? Why?

Not sure, it's just a "feeling." Seems they were upfront and did okay
by the buyer. And I think this type of defect happens to other boats,
but doesn't get publicized, hence my question here.
I don't know anything about Chaparral quality.

Which marine/naval architect engineered sticking a couple of bolt holes
in the side of a boat's hull to attach a manufacturers name plate.

Chaparral? I'm not sure of the purpose of those pictured bolts.
Outside of a drain plug and *maybe* a bait box, through-hulls always
seem to me like a bad idea on a small boat, but maybe that's just me.

--Vic