29 Open Fuel Tank leakage

[aquaman6227]

Hello... I am new to the Forum. I owned a 1989 27 Tiara and now 199429ft Tiara. 29 was purchased in 2001 and re-powered with 240 Yanmars diesels. Her performance is far to none compare to the old 270 Crusaders.
Anyway...
Last Monday, I received a call from my marina stating that my automatic bilge pump is pumping diesel fuel into the water... you guess it, my fuel tank started to leak.
I know the boat is 1994 and I should not complain too much about it, but its the design and where the tank is situated that bothers me. I called Tiara to complain about the design and all they had to say was "it lasted 17 years and that's pretty good" well... I disagree to say the least. I believe good engineering practice, equipment should be design for at least 25 yrs. I was wondering if any of club members who owned 29ft had same situation as I am having.

[TIARACRREP]

Aquaman

I think at this point, the source and cause of the leak should be determined before throwing the Tiara engineers under the bus. Tiara has always taken great pride in our product and I believe our product longevity speaks for itself. Unfortunately the way a vessel is utilized and maintained is beyond our control even more so 16 years out of warranty and heavily modified. Please don