Come on Chuck don't go all coy you can tell this NG we're all friends
:-) Not good for business hey???

K

Because it isn't the fault of the boat.

This particular vessel was built in your corner of the planet (New Zealand) and
was shipped to the US sans engines. (It could have been set up as an I/O or an
outboard once here.) At that point, the builder is pretty well off the hook if
the local rigger falls short of the mark hooking up the engines.

I was surprised to see that the hydaulics were just plastic tubes stuffed into
compression fittings. Those engines and their associated rams are a fair sized
load.
I commented to the rep that I was surprised there wasn't at least a metal
fitting on end of the plastic line.

We now know that the guy who set up the Honda outboards used 50 pound fittings
instead of the 100 pound fittings the job actually required. He should have
used a reinforced hydraulic hose rather than the plastic line.

So, that's why trashing the boat isn't necessary or appropriate. Even after all
the
explanation, John Q. (as in public) walks away with only "Looks like Brand X is
a real piece of crap! The engines are set up wrong! Better avoid brand X!"
Since that would not have been true, why risk creating the impression?