The vinyl seats on our boat only lasted about 8 years before they started deteriorating. I'm suprised your bench didn't even last 2 full years. We replaced 2 seats last year and you can see in my pictures; the other 2 are worn. (Ok; I forgot that we replaced the seats; but you
could consider vinyl that sits in the sun all day a maintenance item.) Hell, you could consider everything we've ever replaced on our boat maintenance items.
Anyway; you mentioned hull warranty; Our hull has a lifetime warranty; the wood floor/decks has a 20 year warranty; and the carpet has a 10 year warranty. (Guess when the carpet started to show wear/damage) Our boat may not be pretty or particularly nice, but I have to credit Tracker with a quality product for how well our boat has stood up to very frequent use and abuse. It's a tool, not a toy; it's allowed to be ugly
Opeth wrote:As the saying goes...date an I/O, marry an outboard.
I'll never buy another I/O in my life
The fiberglass I/O ski boats are nice and shiny; they ride nice, they're fast and fun too; But like most girlfriends that are fast and fun, they don't last too long or stick around through much abuse..
An aluminum boat with an outboard will last a lot longer and take a lot more abuse.
But nonetheless, nice boat. It looks like a lot of fun when it isn't broken. And sorry for the misfortune with all the untimely repairs.
Opeth wrote:Speedometer was never hooked up, first trip out water was spraying all underneath the gauge cluster till I could source the leak.
We actually disconnected our speedo and pulled up the "stick" that goes into the water for it. The extra drag from it robbed a few mph.. We just go off of RPM for speed.
Opeth wrote: but NY has screwed up weather with rare awesome boating days and our season is only May- mid September for boating.
Here in PA, we have similar weather and the boating season is May-September as well. But I wasn't talking about boating season; I was talking about fishing
