I found this information at http://www.BoatUS.com/consumer. I have looked at my 88 Success and haven't seen any repairs or cracks. I like my boat and I am offering to other owners for informational purposes only so they can do their own research.
Just before Mel-Hart Products went bankrupt in 1990, BoatU.S. received a
dozen or so reports about fairly serious structural problems on Baretta
boats built for 1988-90. Engine bed stringers are ''coming through hull,'' causing cracks, splitting. Hull bulges on stbd side. Mel-Hart offered factory
repairs
1989 Mel-Hart 21' Baretta CC (MHP276122I889:
08/20/90 Discovered 3'' repair patch at keel, stress cracks adjacent to
patch.
1988 Mel-Hart Baretta 200cd (MHP26555E888):
05/16/90
1988 Mel-Hart Baretta 200cd (26567E888):
05/16/90 Engine bed stringers are causing hull cracks on stbd side. Pt
side is bulging. Repair yard said boat can't be fixed, manufacturer
brought boat back to factory.
1987 Mel-Hart Baretta 223 Success:
02/09/90 When using boat in 1-ft seas, cabin steps & upper deck shift.
Boat's at factory but manufacturer "can't identify problem."
1989 Mel-Hart Baretta Super Sport 20:
08/08/95 After <300 hrs use: longitudinal cracks pt/stbd 18" out from
keel, about 4'-5' long.
There have beeen other structural problems and blister damages on other boats built by Mel-Hart.
Just before Mel-Hart Products went bankrupt in 1990, BoatU.S. received a
dozen or so reports about fairly serious structural problems on Baretta
boats built for 1988-90. Engine bed stringers are ''coming through hull,'' causing cracks, splitting. Hull bulges on stbd side. Mel-Hart offered factory
repairs
1989 Mel-Hart 21' Baretta CC (MHP276122I889:
08/20/90 Discovered 3'' repair patch at keel, stress cracks adjacent to
patch.
1988 Mel-Hart Baretta 200cd (MHP26555E888):
05/16/90
1988 Mel-Hart Baretta 200cd (26567E888):
05/16/90 Engine bed stringers are causing hull cracks on stbd side. Pt
side is bulging. Repair yard said boat can't be fixed, manufacturer
brought boat back to factory.
1987 Mel-Hart Baretta 223 Success:
02/09/90 When using boat in 1-ft seas, cabin steps & upper deck shift.
Boat's at factory but manufacturer "can't identify problem."
1989 Mel-Hart Baretta Super Sport 20:
08/08/95 After <300 hrs use: longitudinal cracks pt/stbd 18" out from
keel, about 4'-5' long.
There have beeen other structural problems and blister damages on other boats built by Mel-Hart.
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