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I see you are in Norway and bought a 10 year old boat without engines.Maybe you could share some of the history of your boat. Might make a difference in your quality issues.

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Originally Posted by Gorm (Post 2464761)

1998 382 fastech.
Roof fallen down.
Water leaking everywere.
Most of the bolts behind the rubrail broken or loose.
Glue between deck and hull "not glueing", can lift the deck
everywere around the boat.
Water under the stringer and the foam absorbes the water.

Formula quality?
Anybody else got the same problems?

That sounds like a boat that went to the bottom, was brought back up, cleaned up, and sold.

Maybe it was towed to Norway?
:party-smiley-004:

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Originally Posted by Gorm (Post 2464761)

Seems to me that if this boat was so bad I would not have spent a small fortune on repower with Diesel motors. I smell a rat some where in this post you think?

My 1988 F-206 is as solid as the day it was built.
Anyone who sees it is surprised how old it is.

Sure, over the years a few things get loose and need attention, but it also depends on how it was treated and cared for.

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Most of the bolts behind the rubrail broken or loose.
Glue between deck and hull "not glueing", can lift the deck

I have seen a good looking Fastec, that had separation in places of deck & hull. Most thru bolts behind rub rail snapped. No, I do not know how that boat was run prior. But it surprised me.

I believe Formulas are well built, but not perfect.

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Originally Posted by jaybird (Post 2454149)

Being a former owner of both Chapparal and Formula I feel I can comment here. Chapparal does have a nice fit and finish, and so do most Formulas. However that is where it ends. The construction of Chapparal is / was crap IMO. Basically the boat fell apart, granted I did drive it hard, but the motor mounts disintegrated because they used non-marine wood (basically they used stacks of plywood and 2x4's with nails and glassed them over. The glass cracked and the wood rotted, and turned to dust. I also found that they used the gas tank to support the floor!!! I had other rot as well, and the boat was only 6 years old. Believe it or not they actually put plywood in the hull, not just the transom. I called Chapparall to ask about these problems and how to repair them, and they would not comment!!!! Terrible company trying to hide their design flaws. I ended up spending about 5 grand to fix their screwups.

They look nice, but I would put them in the same construction class as Bayliner. I will NEVER buy another Chapparall again, but would buy another Formula tomorrow.

I have pretty much the same opinion of the Chaps. Skin deep beauty, almost no support.