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I received a response from the factory. I believe the gentlemen’s name was Frank? He said he used to build 16 footers and knew exactly what I was talking about. The new boats have the seat pedestals glassed in now; that eliminates the hull rivet problem. He said there is no backing washers so...

Thanks for the response Joe. There are some stresses at the rivet locations, but the principle failure mechanism appears to be corrosion of the aluminum center posts. Biscayne Bay is a choppy body of water but since I’m no glutton for punishment – Most of the time I run at 15 knots or less. The...

I emailed the factory and my closest dealer about the failed rivets on my 16 and neither have responded. I guess from the response on the C-Brats web site - only Jim and I have encountered this problem.

Avast, me hearties! I’m the Skipper of the yacht C-TICK, a beautiful 16 foot Cruiser out of Miami, FL. I am experiencing failures of the rivets that attach the gunwale to the fiberglass side panel that conceals the flotation foam (on both port and starboard). I also am having rivet failures with...