74' Sunseeker 'arrested' at the end of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

[Deleted User YDKXO]

There was comment in one of the articles along the lines of " Sunseeker has had more than enough to pay for the boat". Now this statement maybe false , but if not then to me it suggested that the boat was paid for, shipped and then SS decided to make some form of offset against other debts pre delivery. It would be interesting to know when title passed - I assumed when it was paid for and then we are back to the "fact" ( which was certainly true in my case) that the boat wont leave the factory until paid for.
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What amazes me is why Sunseeker allowed this boat to be shipped to the USA for the show knowing that they were in dispute with their dealer over various boats including this one and knowing that they had already or were about to cancel the dealership agreement. Given the US trigger happy legal system it was simply a hostage to fortune. I can only think that they were trying to do right by the end customer but then why didnt they just release the boat to him after the show?

It all sounds like a dealer-manufacturer relationship that started to go sour over one fairly minor engine failure and both sides allowed the situation to get out of control from there which it never should have done because in the end that benefits nobody. I hope the customer gets his boat because he's the only one who seems blameless in all this