Receiving my 195 CC
Hi Everyone,
My names Pete, and I bought my Triumph back in February from XTreme Marine in Brookfield, CT. I've been a member here since then and love this forum, VERY HELPFUL, great job to the guys who run it, and man these Triumphs are impressive! I did a lot of shopping around and researching, and the Triumph was right for me. Well, I finally received my leftover 2007 195CC Friday (yesterday) on a great day (weather-wise). When I got to XTreme, the mechanic told me he had to replace the baitwell pump because it was leaking when he tested it the day before, ok no problem. So after months of patiently waiting, me and my new boat were ready to go! So I went with my son and an XTreme guy for the "official" shakedown. We took it to a nearby lake, and after about 10 minutes, noticed that the auto bilge kept kicking on, but no water was coming out of the back. So we decided to bring it back to have it checked out. Got it back to the dealer, and the problem was a bunch of plastic shavings stuck in the metal bilge grate (designed to do what its supposed to do). Quick fix. So my son and I went out for our own little shakedown, and the boat was great! With the 150 ETec on the back, the thing is amazing! On our way back, we noticed that the baitwell was pumping in water automatically without the switch on thou. So I turned the valve in the baitwell to OFF and problem solved. However, the bilge kept going on quite a bit, but I figured it was just some residual water, etc no problem. So we took the boat out of the water, and brought it home to launch it on the Housatonic River (brackish water) where I dock the boat. So my son drives the boat to the dock and tells me how the bilge keeps turning on. Upon leaving the boat, the bilge turned on again, which began to worry me, but I figured since it was now late in the day, I'll just check back later. About 11pm my son went down to the boat to find the bilge STILL ON and pumping out lots of water! So, he popped open the back access port (where the recessed "tape measure" is on the floor), and he looked in and saw water rushing in through the two back molded holes in the bottom/rear of the bilge area (what look to be the holes that drain out the innerhull into the bilge). Checked all the scuppers, and did not find anything wrong. Now it was about 1130pm and we made the decision to pull the boat. 45 minutes later and with the boat finally out of the water, we brought it home to deal with it in the morning (today). Today after we couldnt figure out the problem, we brought it to the dealer again, which they were stunned too. A sinking Triumph?!?! Well, after the mechanic got off the phone with a rep, he discovered that there has been problems with gaskets that connect the front fish boxes and the lines that channel water out of the back of the boat, so the gaskets were leaking, causing the water to enter the hull. This all makes sense because when the hull filled, it drained into the bilge, which pumped out the water. HOPEFULLY THIS IS ALL THAT THE PROBLEM IS. So we left the boat with the dealer today to fix it. If my son had not checked on the boat, it would have probably been swamped this morning due to the dual batteries dying. You would not believe how much was the pump was pumping out, SCARRY.
Hopefully some of the member here, especially 195 owners have read this (without falling asleep!! sorry) because I would like to know if this is a common thing and if anyone else has experienced it. I searched the forum for this problem and found nothing about it. I was pretty excited about the boat, and still cannot wait to get fishing, but I hope nothing else happens!!
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