Biggie Bigs
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Hi all, first post here ....
A little background. Been a boat owner and operator for 40+ years, and have NEVER caused any damage. Speedboat and pontoon. In JUne we bought our first Bennington and followed all instructions re break in and operation. This past weekend, (getting nauseaous as I type this ....) was cruising on a lake. Throttle has always been very smooth, too smooth, IMO compared to prior boats when going from forward to neutral to reverse. No definitive "click", no handle to pull up to shift into reverse. No definitive "when" this happened but apparently at some point, the boat was shifted too suddenly from forward to neutral to reverse. Towed to dealer, bad bad news. Was told we hit something, cracked housing, water in lower unit, and sheared.
I cannot provide much else information from dealer other than obviously not covered under warranty and $$$$ bill.
Sick about this of course and now a bit uneasy about driving this boat going forward. Safety, caution and common sense are always first.
My main questions re all this:
Are throttles on Bennington pontoons normally this "smooth" ?
Could someone using the boat prior have done a sudden reverse and boat works for a while then finally fails? <--- the reason for this question is others (whom I trust re operating) used it prior weekend with no issues
Sorry for the long sad story and thanks in advance for any advice, answers, and NO thanks for any unhelpful criticism
A little background. Been a boat owner and operator for 40+ years, and have NEVER caused any damage. Speedboat and pontoon. In JUne we bought our first Bennington and followed all instructions re break in and operation. This past weekend, (getting nauseaous as I type this ....) was cruising on a lake. Throttle has always been very smooth, too smooth, IMO compared to prior boats when going from forward to neutral to reverse. No definitive "click", no handle to pull up to shift into reverse. No definitive "when" this happened but apparently at some point, the boat was shifted too suddenly from forward to neutral to reverse. Towed to dealer, bad bad news. Was told we hit something, cracked housing, water in lower unit, and sheared.
I cannot provide much else information from dealer other than obviously not covered under warranty and $$$$ bill.
Sick about this of course and now a bit uneasy about driving this boat going forward. Safety, caution and common sense are always first.
My main questions re all this:
Are throttles on Bennington pontoons normally this "smooth" ?
Could someone using the boat prior have done a sudden reverse and boat works for a while then finally fails? <--- the reason for this question is others (whom I trust re operating) used it prior weekend with no issues
Sorry for the long sad story and thanks in advance for any advice, answers, and NO thanks for any unhelpful criticism