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Old 06-16-2016, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix
Never heard that what year 38?
It was a 98 tabed around the edges gelcoat over the the rest.
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Old 06-16-2016, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ozarkdevil
I have heard / witnessed a lot of transom / stringer rot issues with the performance line of Fountain power boats but not so much with the Express Cruiser line. Maybe it is just me but I have never heard of rot issues with the Express Cruiser line. Why is that? Were they made in a different department of the factory?
Also I read somewhere that after a certain year (2006 I think) Fountain didn't use wood for stringers, any truth to this?
. It takes 6 months to build a rolls Royce 3 hrs to build a Toyota. Production boats .
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Old 06-16-2016, 12:45 PM
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The rot In all these boats is not from water In the bilge. It's from exposed wood that gets wet and can never dry out.
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It amazes me Fountain didn't seal exposed wood areas. Heck, I remember reading years ago that even Bayliner was sealing the out drive openings in their transoms.
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