Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Nautical Lumber issue

Posted by Steve Wunderlich on 07/12/16 - 2:46 PM
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For the record and based on being a recommended supplier by another website, I ordered a new mahogany console and RPS in Feb 2015 from Mike Stennet and Nautical Lumber / Neptune Marine. Total price was $6Kish and I paid half to start and the other half to ship. I experienced the late delivery (June instead of April) and much of the lack of callbacks and other negative BS noted above. But the real issue was the console and RPS arrived unfinished with some hacks. No latches or slats on the RPS seats. No keeper blocks or rod holers or handles on the RPS seat back. Plexiglass windows. No fuel tank rod or rod holder details on lower console. The console itself was not framed or structurally anything quality like OEM. No seven coats of varnish and many plywood ends unvarnished. Missing window frame screws and gaps between it and console and the window frame snd the frame top. Upper console screws driven into lower console screws then angled on an sngle into the wood. I was deeply disappointed and get sick thinking about it. Since then I've completed the details myself and added a few coats of varnish and now it looks ok. But I wanted to leave this record and now I see that I'm not alone.

Edited by Steve Wunderlich on 07/12/16 - 3:02 PM