dnickj
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Reged: 06/02/2004
Posts: 135
Loc: sandhurst
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I dont want to alarm you but - a number of years ago we bought a brand new sport cruiser which turned out to have very many problems similar to yours plus a number of others - some minor and some very major - unfortunatly the uk dealer was not financially sound so we had to prepare a joint case against the American manufacturer - inshort we owned the boat for over 3 years whilst te legal side progressed - altough we only used it for the first 6 weeks. The end result after a lot of grief was a replacement boat - hich we sold straigh away - and a legal bill of over £20k for which there was no compinsation (2/3 the value of the boat) lucky we had legal insurance - but that is another saga in itself so the moral is you can get something back in the end but be prepared for it to cost you time and money and by the way trading standards did not want to know
I would tell you who the manufactrer was but our final agreement contained a gagging order
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sadcatowner
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Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 39
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Hi dnickj,
sorry to hear about your difficulties. We are well experienced in litigation having had to do so a few times for various issues in the past.
The main differences are that we purchased direct from the manufacturers and they are within the EC.
This makes a huge difference as they are bound by EC consumer regulations.
Trading Standards are also bound by them. If a member state is informed of a manufacturer falsely declaring CE conformity and they do not take action, then they are accountable to the EC. I have no reason to believe that Cornwall Trading Standards will fail in their statutory duties. In any case Trading Standards are there for general public interest rather than aiding individuals against businesses.
We are watching this closely and will not be letting this go. We can pursue this through the courts or via arbitration of necessary, but hopefully they will have more sense than that. and will wish to bring this to a swift end.
We won't be doing 'gagging orders' for us this is about far more than money. I am not happy keeping quiet while other families may be put at risk. Obviously each person makes their own decisions based on their own situation but the frighteningly close call we had, which almost led to me being a widow and mother of a dead son is not something I would wish on my worst enemy and is a nightmare I would give up almost any amount of money to prevent from happening to anyone.
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Powercat 525 - a new powerboat owner's experience - http://powercats.blog.co.uk/
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sadcatowner
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Reged: 16/05/2008
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We can pursue this through the courts or via arbitration of necessary, but hopefully they will have more sense than that. and will wish to bring this to a swift end.
Alas this seems to be a forlorn hope - like much that has happened since we got involved with Powercats Ltd 
Our solicitor has instructed an expensive barrister and the BMF while keeping us informed do not seem to be able to move this forward for us. Trading Standards are investigating and keeping us informed of developments and in the meantime we pay storage for a boat we cannot use, and pay to charter boats as and when in order to fulfil the promises we have made to friends and family.
But on the plus side our pals at Swansea Bay Sea School have taken delivery of a 72 foot Challenge Yacht which will be used to deliver courses to socially isolated youngsters.
For some lovely pictures of the Yacht and also underwater videos of the Ionian sea - my blog has all the gen and updates.
It was 35 degrees yesterday and we were on the water but only on our little aquaglide and not a powerboat
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Powercat 525 - a new powerboat owner's experience - http://powercats.blog.co.uk/
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