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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | That's correct. I don't have the proper USCG Capacities Plate from them yet. (No surprise there) It's legal to run now from what the USCG tells me, but I can't sell it until that tag is adressed by Patriot International. Patriot International originally sent me a series of photos showing a boat with 1000# of concrete strapped to it and the plug pulled floating at thier 'test dock' when I questioned them, about flotation issues, so ONE of the boats they built must have had enough to float. Mine wouldn't have I don't think, even though there was foam in the boat, there was not enough of the correct kind of foam in my opinion.
I actually really like my 2050 as far as performance, how she fishes, and runs. Too bad, it's a great hull and held up well so far. I don't mind fishing it, but I had it for a sales sample, not to own forever. By the way, where are you from? Your IP shows Calgary, Alberta...up there he might have built the same boat and called it an MPL or Orca.
No idea what the floor livewell was about, but I've seen that is saltwater boats and he sold his products in Florida and up the East coast in the past, so maybe that's where he got the idea. |
