worldcat lemon
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Bought a 2004 27' World Cat HTS with twin Volvo diesels from Town Creek Marina(TCM) in Beaufort, N.C., in 2008. It had a 150 hours on the engines at purchase. TCM did not disclose the severe problems with salt water entry that the first owner tried to resolve from the factory, but World Cat(W.C.) would not fix the boat properly. Thus, he had TCM sell it for him, since he bought it new from them. I also was told by the first owner that Andrew Brown and Phyllis Manning at W.C. headquarters gave him the run-around instead of fixing his boat so the engines weren't eating salt water. This boat was sent to San Diego as a Demo and the first time out it blew an engine, and W.C. brought it back to "study it" and after the new engine was installed, rather than fix the problem they just resold the boat.
The engine hatch design is a defect and they allow salt water intrusion directly into the turbos and all over the engine and components. The engines are ruined, and other components are damaged. W.C. knew of the problem but refused to take responsibility for correcting the problems caused by their design. Even though W.C worked on this boat they claimed they had no service records for the boat, that's odd!? One surveyor I hired to evaluate the boat said it is the worst hatch design he has seen in 30 years in the marine industry.
After 14 months and 10's of thousands of more dollars I could only use the boat 2 times. The last time out the Coast Guard had to tow me in from 10 miles out because the engines ingested salt water. I put 50 hours on the boat, most of which was on the trailer in the shop.
In my experience I would advise anyone considering a W.C. HTS or SX model with diesels to turn and run the other way as fast as possible. W.C. will not be any help in fixing your boat and you will be stuck with a Black Hole in the water that will eat your wallet, your freedom, your piece of mind, and your time. I personally have spoken to 3 other owners who have the same exact problems.
By the way, the design of this boat is so flawed my insurance TOTALLED my boat because the expense to fix the problems exceeds the value of the boat, not to mention there is litigation pending over this boat and its' design. The inspector/surveyor name who gave this boat NMMA certification in 2004 is Tim Pitts, and in my opinion, he is part liable for signing off on this boat.
I feel extremely bad for anyone who owns one of these models, and I hope they have good legal representation.
The engine hatch design is a defect and they allow salt water intrusion directly into the turbos and all over the engine and components. The engines are ruined, and other components are damaged. W.C. knew of the problem but refused to take responsibility for correcting the problems caused by their design. Even though W.C worked on this boat they claimed they had no service records for the boat, that's odd!? One surveyor I hired to evaluate the boat said it is the worst hatch design he has seen in 30 years in the marine industry.
After 14 months and 10's of thousands of more dollars I could only use the boat 2 times. The last time out the Coast Guard had to tow me in from 10 miles out because the engines ingested salt water. I put 50 hours on the boat, most of which was on the trailer in the shop.
In my experience I would advise anyone considering a W.C. HTS or SX model with diesels to turn and run the other way as fast as possible. W.C. will not be any help in fixing your boat and you will be stuck with a Black Hole in the water that will eat your wallet, your freedom, your piece of mind, and your time. I personally have spoken to 3 other owners who have the same exact problems.
By the way, the design of this boat is so flawed my insurance TOTALLED my boat because the expense to fix the problems exceeds the value of the boat, not to mention there is litigation pending over this boat and its' design. The inspector/surveyor name who gave this boat NMMA certification in 2004 is Tim Pitts, and in my opinion, he is part liable for signing off on this boat.
I feel extremely bad for anyone who owns one of these models, and I hope they have good legal representation.
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