i,am a marine saftey diver and i rent boats to movie studios i have a 41nautiac inflatable rib twin 502 and 36 and 28 ribs i bought bt for chase boat for pirates of caribbean but i could not use because boat was taking on water holes was on bottom of boat 3 in holes i ask bob about holes and he said i was crazy he told me i must have hit some thing in water so he came to my home and i told him i want my money back he told me he would build a new boat for me so he did but this boat was a demo hull and he gave this hull to me and the bottom of this boat is craking and the glass is falling off in big chunks bt has cost me a lot money. i can not even use this boat i had a marine survey on boat and it is going to cost me 25.0000to repair just bottom of boat bob new it had holes when he sold it to me so iam takeing him to court. the hin numbers in first boat bob put them in new boat and put new hin numbers in hull that had holes and sold boat i talk to coast guard and they told me no person may remove or alter a hin number that is a federal no no

I hope you don't go into court with a letter written like that? Get a lawyer!!! Quick.

Sorry to hear about your luck, but I find it REALLY hard to believe that a NEW boat left BT with holes in the bottom???? How does this happen? What kind of holes ? Do you have pics?? Post them..

I am studdering after reading that!:D Stu Stu Studdering

The HIN #'s from your first boat (later slapped on the 2nd one) were from 04? Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed in 02' (and some parts even earlier) and released in 03'.

Also, why does your occupation on your profile say studios, when you really are a safety marine diver?

so lets see some pics of the holes......copy of survey etc

Ut-o.

Sounds like there are more holes in your story than your BT?

J/K- took some Hydrocut stuff that has me wired this AM. GF says it will make me slimmer, I say it makes me bounce off walls.

I have met Bob and BT crew and have over 1000 hours on BT's under my belt. There was a diesel BT named "Sonic"- owner owned some of the drive in joints in Texas- whole cabin was on the floor. The rest of the boat was in fairly good shape so didn't think it was neglected.

Either way- hope every thing works out.

Lets see pics of boat with holes and glass problems. Finding it hard to believe unless somebody hit something. Surely you have a lot of pics. Lets see

There was a used BT for sale for a long time with diesels. It caught fire and the cabin was charcoaled. Not the same boat you're talking about, is it????

Also, I've seen holes knocked in the bottom of boats by trailers. The bolts holding the runners rust out causing the board to shift over off the support. The metal support for the board, then knocks a hole in the boat. Just an observation.

Not sure- boat ran 65MPH at 3MPG or some thing like that- was crazy sweet fuel economy back when diesel was 99 cents on the water. I met the guy in Lauderdale on a run down to the Keys for the boat races around 01-02.

If it is the same boat, this was pre-fire. Every thing was there- just on the floor. Cabinets came off the walls, fridge was on the floor (I've seen that before), wall coverings peeling, etc. Was just in bad shape- he said he got tired of having to fix every thing all the time- screw here, 5200 there, etc. Boats take some shots out on the water- things are going to rattle and get loose- just part of the game but this seemed a little extreme.

A fair shake to BT would be the donkey BobbyB is talking about is on his 2nd one and has had good luck with them. I spoke to Bob about making a big CC this past year in KW and he said they were tossing the idea around.. Sweet!

I've had mine new since Nov., 2005. Been in some big water (Miami to KW and near us in Houston). Have not had to tighten a single screw or adjust a cabinet. Don't know when Roger started with them, but he's a big asset and may have greatly improved the quality. I had a 1989 Pachanga and 1997 Baja, and tighten screws every time I went out.