Oly1
Well-Known Member
Hey just wondering if anyone has had something like this happen to them and what recourse a person might have. My fishing buddy, just bought his first boat. The boat is an 18 foot - 1990's double eagle with (quite a bit newer than boat) yamaha's. 115 2 stroke and 9.9 four stroke. The boat was advertised as great shape and motors that work great with less than 50 hours on them. The owner said that they were regularly serviced by marina and were winterized last fall by marina.
My buddy bought the boat after several discussions (including many pictures of boat and motors which looked good) with the owner and had the turn key boat delivered to the island. My buddy had a mechanic friend there when boat was delivered. They never started the motors, but the mechanic looked them over and said these look almost brand new. Everything looking good.
My buddy cleaned up the boat with his family, as this was the family boat. ( first one) He went and bought muffs and hooked up to the engines and tried to start them in the driveway. Nothing on both motors. They turned over but no fire. Being his first boat, he thought he was missing something. He called a buddy and they went over it, still nothing would run. A bit discouraged, he took the boat to the local yamaha dealer and explained everything.
The yamaha dealer went over the motors and called him back. (When the Yamaha dealer first seen the motors, he said they looked awesome and it was a shame that he was going to be using them in the salt) The ECM's were shot in both motors and it was going to be $1000 just for parts. Not sure if that was the only thing wrong as the motors wouldn't start with out that. The marina went through the boat a little more thoroughly now and found rot in the stringers and transom. The dealer said boat was unsafe to be used in current condition.
My buddy called the seller back and explained everything to him. His response was " there was lots of interest in the boat, sell it yourself". The seller then called back and said that it ran fine when he sold it to him. This was less than a week ago.
I know a long story, but is there anything that my buddy can do, except do the repairs and hopefully get the sour taste out of his mouth some day.
Oly
My buddy bought the boat after several discussions (including many pictures of boat and motors which looked good) with the owner and had the turn key boat delivered to the island. My buddy had a mechanic friend there when boat was delivered. They never started the motors, but the mechanic looked them over and said these look almost brand new. Everything looking good.
My buddy cleaned up the boat with his family, as this was the family boat. ( first one) He went and bought muffs and hooked up to the engines and tried to start them in the driveway. Nothing on both motors. They turned over but no fire. Being his first boat, he thought he was missing something. He called a buddy and they went over it, still nothing would run. A bit discouraged, he took the boat to the local yamaha dealer and explained everything.
The yamaha dealer went over the motors and called him back. (When the Yamaha dealer first seen the motors, he said they looked awesome and it was a shame that he was going to be using them in the salt) The ECM's were shot in both motors and it was going to be $1000 just for parts. Not sure if that was the only thing wrong as the motors wouldn't start with out that. The marina went through the boat a little more thoroughly now and found rot in the stringers and transom. The dealer said boat was unsafe to be used in current condition.
My buddy called the seller back and explained everything to him. His response was " there was lots of interest in the boat, sell it yourself". The seller then called back and said that it ran fine when he sold it to him. This was less than a week ago.
I know a long story, but is there anything that my buddy can do, except do the repairs and hopefully get the sour taste out of his mouth some day.
Oly