We spent about six hours yesterday afternoon going over the boat at the dealer, doing paperwork and then taking the boat to a private lake for a "sea trial". Everything was going great until...
The trim wouldn't work! The boat had .5 hours on the meter and the trim was dead. Here we were, me my wife and the salesman at the lake with a brand new boat and this happens! We checked the fuse: blown. We replaced it, and it still didn't work! After about 30 minutes the marine store's tech came out and found the problem immediately.
Apparently the wires to the trim button were wrapped around the throttle the wrong way and up the wrong side, so when we pushed the throttle forward to start the engine (carbs) it severed the wire and blew the fuse. That set us back about an hour in total.
After that it was "smooth sailing". The salesman was excellent and took care of all of our needs. He showed us every aspect of the boat until WE said we had to get home (an hour drive) to relieve the babysitter.
We have some issues, primarily color shifting on the gelcoat supposedly caused by the shrink wrap fro the factory. Moisture worked in there and discolored the gel coat. My dealer said it's normal for darker colors and will return to normal condition. I phoned FW myself and was told the same thing. Regardless, whatever it takes it will be fixed if needed. They say a few days in the sun/heat will remove that moisture.
Our 2004 Chevy Avalanche Z71 with 5.3 V8 and 3.73 gearing did great. At times I didn't know the boat was there!
We're really excited about the boat. If anyone's interested I'll post some photos. It looks like every other FW Funship, except this one's mine!!
