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Dangerous STARCRAFT boat having U.S. Coast Guard sign
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: Hello from Finland. I just took a look of a finnish boating magazine from year 1991 and was really allerted. There was a story about US-made boat which could not pass a finnish yachtclub inspection at all. This boat is made by SYLVAN MARINE Lagrande, GA. Model 17VFC / VFC 175 There is very low transom freeboard. If you put a 140 hp engine which you can do according to the U.S. Coast Guard plate, the stern probably takes water inside thru the two holes which probably are supposed to drain the boat not fill it with water. There is no motor well. I can't undestand that this boat has U. S. Coast Guard plate. How is this possible? Here I have some pictures: http://www.mattikaki.fi/starcraft/ Think about it..... in 1991 a 20 year old boat was still floating.... in spite of horrendous Finnish alteration, preventive maintenance, and repair. Seems more like a testament to the superb quality of American design and workmanship than anything else. Seems to me that the USCG got it right! how did it get to finland? towed over by a bayliner? |
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