So it's your position this was a bad design from day 1, still is, and rather than make it better Sea Ray holds onto it's by design for marketing reasons? You really think Sea Ray wants to accept the risk of a boat sinking because of marketing?
I didn't say that. Go read what I said.
This may be a shocker... but I bet Sea Ray put those things on there knowing they would hold under normal use but wanted to keep costs to a minimum. That would be my guess.
When I got my 480, the dealer told me that the reason Sea Ray went with Cummins and was dropping Cat was because they were having so many problems with Cat blah blah blah. My gut tells me the reason they went with Cummins is that Cummins worked some sweetheart deal with Sea Ray on a exclusive multi-year contract and saved Sea Ray a butt load of money. But I'm guessing...
If they really did think that 4 self-tapping screws into fiberglass with lots of silicon was a good sheer off/breakaway design, I have less respect for the engineers than if they were just trying to save production costs and betting most people wouldn't whack the bottom.
As far as sources, did you read where the dude at Sea Ray told me the fuel line on my hydraulic system was ok? Am I supposed to take that at face value?! That's a good source I guess....
Point is... would you expect someone to say "They were just trying to save production costs?"
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