Hello,
Has anybody ever had wave damage to a front panel? We were on the lake yesterday and the winds created some rough waves and some pretty good size rollers. Deciding to turn back and just stay in our bay we took two good waves to the front that were enough to soak us all on the boat. Upon returning to the dock, after tying up we notice the left side panel on the front of our new RCW 22.75 was push in and wrinkled. At the very bottom of the panel you can see where it seems to have pulled out of the bottom rail slot where it looks to be factory crimped in. Called the dealer today and he said yes, a good wave could do it. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? Just doesn't make sense to me that a wave, no matter how hard it hits could do this. I mean its a boat, there are waves in the water. I would think the panels would be reinforced to expect these kind of conditions. I steer through the waves and wakes at a 45 degree angle best I can, I throttle up to keep the bow up when approaching the large ones. I'm having a hard time accepting a wave can push in the panel. The rails are all fine, just the panel has damage. Any opinions will be welcomed.
Thanks
Mark
Has anybody ever had wave damage to a front panel? We were on the lake yesterday and the winds created some rough waves and some pretty good size rollers. Deciding to turn back and just stay in our bay we took two good waves to the front that were enough to soak us all on the boat. Upon returning to the dock, after tying up we notice the left side panel on the front of our new RCW 22.75 was push in and wrinkled. At the very bottom of the panel you can see where it seems to have pulled out of the bottom rail slot where it looks to be factory crimped in. Called the dealer today and he said yes, a good wave could do it. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? Just doesn't make sense to me that a wave, no matter how hard it hits could do this. I mean its a boat, there are waves in the water. I would think the panels would be reinforced to expect these kind of conditions. I steer through the waves and wakes at a 45 degree angle best I can, I throttle up to keep the bow up when approaching the large ones. I'm having a hard time accepting a wave can push in the panel. The rails are all fine, just the panel has damage. Any opinions will be welcomed.
Thanks
Mark
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