Gludy
Well-Known Member
These are the facts - judge for yourselves:-
When my new trader arrived in the UK on the 4th December last year, I was asked by Tarquin at Emsworth if it could be used for the London Boat show and I refused the offer.
Whilst down at the boat one weekend in December well before i understood the full extent of the problems Tony Chappell the boss of Tarquin mentioned to me that he was shocked with the hull of drumbeat the Squadron 59 I had part exchanged. The deal was done so I was in no way legally liable but he wa claiming that the hull was "pre-osmosis" and needed a £15k osmosis treatment. He took me out into the yard in the dark and showed me the halk mark readings left by the surveyor as well as bringing out a meter to show me.
I was shocked because there were no blisters of any sort/size and the previous survey just 18 months earlier showed the hull as dry as the superstructure. In addition I had the full 3 coats of the International osmosis protection on the boat.
Never the less, I had to agree it did look wet and so then gave into the request to take my boat to LBS - a trip that was to be done as it turned out with the boat crippled all the way their with hydraulic leaks, engine leaks, gearbox oil leaks, inadequate securement of engine thrust, saltwater being directed into the engine roof to drip over the engine, incorrect gearbox gaskets and all shafts etc way out of line - that was just some of the problems.
Upon return from the show to collect the car at Emsworth after very few days, my partner saw Drumbeat back in the water and so asked if the anti-osmosis treatment had been done and was told it had been - all done in some 4 days!!!!! She told me this and this was the beginning of my real suspicions regarding who I was dealing with.
So either Tarquin have a new secret 4 day Osmosis treatment
OR
Drumbeat has "pre-Osmosis" and they are selling her without the treatment
OR
I was fooled into letting the boat go to the show.
I wonder which one of those is right? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
When my new trader arrived in the UK on the 4th December last year, I was asked by Tarquin at Emsworth if it could be used for the London Boat show and I refused the offer.
Whilst down at the boat one weekend in December well before i understood the full extent of the problems Tony Chappell the boss of Tarquin mentioned to me that he was shocked with the hull of drumbeat the Squadron 59 I had part exchanged. The deal was done so I was in no way legally liable but he wa claiming that the hull was "pre-osmosis" and needed a £15k osmosis treatment. He took me out into the yard in the dark and showed me the halk mark readings left by the surveyor as well as bringing out a meter to show me.
I was shocked because there were no blisters of any sort/size and the previous survey just 18 months earlier showed the hull as dry as the superstructure. In addition I had the full 3 coats of the International osmosis protection on the boat.
Never the less, I had to agree it did look wet and so then gave into the request to take my boat to LBS - a trip that was to be done as it turned out with the boat crippled all the way their with hydraulic leaks, engine leaks, gearbox oil leaks, inadequate securement of engine thrust, saltwater being directed into the engine roof to drip over the engine, incorrect gearbox gaskets and all shafts etc way out of line - that was just some of the problems.
Upon return from the show to collect the car at Emsworth after very few days, my partner saw Drumbeat back in the water and so asked if the anti-osmosis treatment had been done and was told it had been - all done in some 4 days!!!!! She told me this and this was the beginning of my real suspicions regarding who I was dealing with.
So either Tarquin have a new secret 4 day Osmosis treatment
OR
Drumbeat has "pre-Osmosis" and they are selling her without the treatment
OR
I was fooled into letting the boat go to the show.
I wonder which one of those is right? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
