This may start as more of a rant than anything but I really am looking for advice and opinions on what I should do next. Last July my wife surprised me with a new 2017 Skeeter ZX200 packaged with a 200 hp SHO as she was tired of my complaints that my 99 ZX185 was becoming too unreliable. The end of last season was no problem...loved the set up. Late Nov dropped off the boat to dealer...paid around $800 and had the 20 hour service and winterizing done. Part of the deal in purchasing involved storage so it stayed there for the winter. In April I called to get it out of storage and they discovered someone had stolen the motor...lots of excuses and delays buy by mid June they had put a new motor on. At that time I was told I'd have to bring it back in the fall as the jackplate was on back order and they were unable to put the right hydraulic lines in for the steering so the wrapped them in cheap plastic loom. Went to start the break in and wasn't right...back at the launch I checked and wrong prop on. Called them and told I could grab the right on Saturday. Switched props and all was good for about 5 weeks. During a tournament it started running off...lost 10 mph and no hole shot. Back to the dealer. Find out lower unit is gone and 4 weeks later told it isn't covered. Yamaha says the prop was improperly installed and basically when the seals finally failed got sucked into the housing. My dealership is offering to pay half and wants me to pay the other $3500. When I switched props I used every part they gave me...it seemed well seated and was fine for 19 hours of run time. What do you think should be my next step?
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Originally Posted by RERUN
