Is it normal to have drill holes in both the bottom of the keel strip and the bottom of the splash guards. I am suspecting the dealer drilled these out to dry our boat out and maybe forgot to fill in. They look like newly drilled holes. They don’t look factory since they are not located on the same spacing on both sides.
Dutchboy, That I am not sure of. We thought about that. Noone can seem to figure out where the water is coming from. After 24 hours at the slip, with no rain the compartments should not be soaked.
And Belletaine, we do our very best to catch lots of nice fish.
Did you get any resolution Greg? We got our boat back last Thursday after having dropped it off to the dealer in October for warranty and repair issues. We met with the dealer’s owner to go over everything. After all this time and frustration you would think they would have checked everything out to make sure it was in perfect condition. Nope.Nada. There was virtually no gas in the boat. there are multiple paint chips now.The horn wasn’t working (turned out to be a loose wire). They missed a snap for the cover. They did get the decking pretty level though and replaced the back livewell and installed some vents in the storage areas. So, after washing and waxing it when we got home(no, they didn’t even do that), we put it in water on Sunday. After less than 24 hours on the water, the storage compartments are soaking wet (no rain and fully covered), the back livewell won’t drain at all either.
I did e-mail my dealer and Alumacraft rep with no repsonse. All my dealer did was complain that he had to pay for a new boat cover since they either lost or damaged the one we had.
It looks like we are going to be hiring an attorney. I just want my money back at this point.
The dry storage areas are completely soaked all the time. They tell me that is “ the nature of the beast”. Why would you put carpet in this area then? I think the boat is taking on water. They said it would be sinking if that’s the case. We’ll see what the manufacturer says. They are supposed to have repairs completed this week. It better be just like a new boat because that’s what I bought and am paying for.
More pictures
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Here are some pictures
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Well, it’s been at the dealer since October and they couldn’t repair it, so they shipped it back to Alumacraft.
Yours looks good compared to ours. I can actually stick my finger in between the rivet strip and the keel. Missing screws, deck not even close to level. It’s been 22 weeks since we have seen our boat between the dealer and Alumacraft. Getting ready to hire an attorney to get this resolved. They can’t even give us a timeline of when we may get our boat back. I will post pictures in another post.
