I purchased a 97 Pro 16 and saw a JB Weld repair of a missing rivet in the hull but now after about 40 hours on the lake I am really taking a lot of water in - enough water to keep the bilge pumping full time. Upon inspection I found that there is a rivet patch that is leaking, a rivet missing opposite the patch job on the other side of the hull and the keel at the same level is cracked about 1 inch wide in the middle. What I am seeing is it looks as though the support at the hull level is gone or has been compromised somehow and the front 3 feet of the boat has been stressed. Has anyone that owns a Bass Tracker Pro 16 or similar experienced this issue? Any suggestions on how to remedy the problem?
I took it to Tracker today and they told me the hull had a 5 year warranty others had a 10 year or even lifetime - no help there and that this happens. I went to their official "boat welder" and he told me that yes this is common and that the inner structure/support has broken inside and that it would take about 2 hours to fix/strengthen the support and weld the outside. One thing I flailed to mention because I found it this morning was a 4 inch crack in the side weld as well which now explains the mass water intake I was experiencing. It was suggested that take the decking out prior to not increase the $60.00/hour it will take to fix this. The welder made the comment to me that he had the easy part - welding. I will post another thread on assistance in taking the decking out to get to the hull from the inside I suppose next. I will take pictures when I get more into as to assist in others with same issues.
I took it to Tracker today and they told me the hull had a 5 year warranty others had a 10 year or even lifetime - no help there and that this happens. I went to their official "boat welder" and he told me that yes this is common and that the inner structure/support has broken inside and that it would take about 2 hours to fix/strengthen the support and weld the outside. One thing I flailed to mention because I found it this morning was a 4 inch crack in the side weld as well which now explains the mass water intake I was experiencing. It was suggested that take the decking out prior to not increase the $60.00/hour it will take to fix this. The welder made the comment to me that he had the easy part - welding. I will post another thread on assistance in taking the decking out to get to the hull from the inside I suppose next. I will take pictures when I get more into as to assist in others with same issues.