Paul358V wrote:
I'm hoping they will start support warranty work. My 2007 Vista 358 continues to have 6' long stress cracks running down both starboard and port sides of the hull. They fixed it cosmetically twice under warranty, but it's a manufacturing defect that causes the cracks to keep coming back. Last call to Recreational Boat Holdings, left me hanging. They won't honor the warranty because of the previous bankruptcy. So I'm left with a "Lemon" of a hull problem. Definitely holding off on my desired purchase of a Vista 435 upgrade. I'd hate to leave the Four Winns Family, especially since this is my third one! We love the boat, but this seems like it's going to be an expensive and frustrating issue to deal with.
Paul,
Just curious, do you winterize the vessel and cold store it over the winter? Reason I ask, is I had a friend with a 98' 278 Vista and he cold stored it. He had 4-6 ft cracks on both port and starboard sides on 2 occasions. The were always noticed in the spring.
I had a theory that there may have been water trapped somehow between stringers that froze over the winter and did the damage. Not sure how or why, and again it was/is only a theory on my part.
Thought I would throw it out there.
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Jeff
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