West32
Active Member
- May 24, 2017
- 215
- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray 370 EC Hardtop
Raymarine Axiom Pro system,AutoPilot,Radar,VHF,XM,Mercury Engine Gateway
- Engines
- Twin Mercruiser 8.1 Horizons with ZF Hurth Transmissions
Thank you, I will give them a call. As for the hull flex, I have not heard of this. Not sure where you purchased your boat, but Bob Uecker used to have a 370 and kept it in Milwaukee. A Freighter missed calculated and pushed up against his boat crushing it. (https://www.twincities.com/2008/06/19/bob-ueckers-docked-yacht-is-struck-by-freighter/). I hope that's not the one you bought. They tried to sell it to me in 2017. At any rate, you should look at the structure on the inside of the boat and look for structural damage. These boats are tough and I have been in some rough water with the boat performing great.A different topic that I haven't seen covered in the 370EC conversations. Did a short haul this week at my long-time boatyard for some bottom work prior to going inside for the winter. The guys called me after lifting the boat to tell me they saw some flexing of the gunnels at the forward labeled lifting point. I had noticed some minor gelcoat stress cracking around that area on the stbd side, nothing on the port side. I had assumed this was from prior owner banging the dock at some point, as I had done a minor repair near that spot after purchase prior to launch. My surveyor didn't note it, and the gel coat stress marks were not noticeable by either of us inside the barn during the survey. Anyone experience this? My boat is a 1999 two-owner, freshwater boat with very light use, stored inside heated its whole life. On a prior note, not sure if West has had any luck with his railing repairs. There is a great SS fabricator affiliated with Lake Shore Boat Top in St Clair Shores, MI. They made a custom flybridge ladder for me on my last boat. The guy knows how to bend and weld stainless. Their # is 586-465-1731. They could copy the same piece from my boat if necessary. Thanks guys!