I bought a 83" C.C. Scorpion. 10. Prior to transfering title, I took it out for a test drive, It 1/2 sunk. Marine Salvage charged $ 2000. To pump it & pull it out or thier's a $ 2000. A day fine you can get from the Coast Gaurd. Upon arrival they noticed I had left Bilge running, & it was, however not keeping up with the leak or leak's. They assumed I may have forgotten the drain plug, or it may have came out, or the outdrive boot had a major leak, for it to be taking in water so fast? After pumping & pulling boat out. The Plug was in properly & thier were no leak's in the outdrive. However the previous owner had installed a new floor with carpeting. Drilling Drywall Screw's through the floor & the bottom of boat, with the bumper's on trailer, thier only visible if you are really looking for them, Like for reason's why it sank? Thier's 10-15 drywall screw's poking through the bottom of the boat. It could of been worse for me & my 2 dog's, luckily we did make it back to shore, we could of drowned. I also lost alot of epuipment, repair's at $1000. To refiberglass hole's. I'd still have to worry about Dry Rot in the wood, that's inbetween the fiberglass. A Lawyer friend advised me: The Sellar has a legal obligation to inform me of the screw's he put into the boat. This was a latent defect which nobody would have looked for without the sellar's information. Where there is a latent defect which a buyer cannot readily see, but is within the knowledge of the sellar, the sellar has an obligation to inform the buyer. Talking with him, he knew, making statement's: I could drive drywall screw's through the bottom of a new boat & it would still float? Thier's no doubt it would sink if left in water for a prolong time? After the fact of course!
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