On Dec 5, 2:21 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
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

"...We asked Ellis what happened to the boat that sank. "The dealer
pickled the engine and we redid the upholstery," he said. "We fixed
the boat up and put it on the stock list and sold it to one of our
dealers as a used boat."

Oh CRIPES! Tha't like buying a "flood" vehicle as a pre-owned
"program" car! new boat at discounted "used" price, with limited
warrenty. One or two years later, the wiring is crapped and wierd
stuff starts happening. With a car you can at least run the VIN and
see if ti's been wrecked or not. But this was in-house mfg. insurance,
Iwould assume, so it would stay hushed. I can understand that they
actually bought the boat back fromt he guy so the mfg. owns it, then
can do with it as they please, but it seems really kind of underhanded
that they sneaked a flood boat in on some poor sap. I doubt if the
company disclosed any "past history" to the future suc..(OOPS!)
"client" either. It'll probably be on ebay in the next 5 years, that
is if not sooner.