[Maxwell]

You bought a 28 year old boat sight unseen and you're trying to blame the factory for bad workmanship? I am not denying that any mfg may have problems here and there but I'm not sure that some of the problems that you're seeing are not due to the (lack of) maintenance, DIY jobs etc of the previous owner(s). I get buying a boat sight unseen; we purchased our 2008 39 sovran sight unseen however I had an excellent surveyor whom I trusted implicitly to find any potential problems. Did you have your boat surveyed? These issues (at least the gel coat etc) would have likely been discovered at that point.

I hope that you can get your problems sorted out and get out on the water soon, I just wouldn't be so quick to blame the factory for things that may not have been their fault.

max