08-26-2002, 11:11 PM
Its a 1998 targa 18 with a 150 h.p outboard. The problem is the bottom of the boat is buckling under the weight and force of the engine. It is rated at 150, but clearly is not engineered for it. Plus, several of the rivets had come out, and a bunch of small things like that, basically the construction of the walls, floors, and entire boat is substandard. In my opinion at least. When I have a boat, I fish pretty hard, the wind and waves dont tend to keep me off the water and I have fished regularly up to six times a week. So any boat owned by me sees a lot of hard use. Tracker has proved itself to me not to be able to stand up to the task. The big kicker is the boat is still under warranty but tracker wont cover it because the problem is caused by the engine, not by the actuall boat manufacturing. Even though its rated for the size engine that is on it. I have since learned that tracker has developed a reputation for not honoring thier warranty. I hope you dont have any problems with yours, my recomendation to anyone who thinks about buying a tracker is to stay well under the rated h.p. buy all welded, and the second you have a problem realize you get what you pay for.