Make sure your new diesel is covered.

Let me get this straight…you put the boat in the water?” That boat company rep’s statement was an actual response to a customer’s complaint about a service issue with his year-old diesel-powered boat. The boat and motors were still under warranty and had seen only 160 hours of service. But neither the boatbuilder nor the motor manufacturer would cover the repair because each said the cause of the damage was outside the parameters set down in the warranty.

To make sure you get the coverage you expect — the coverage you’re assured of by that smiling face holding a pen in one hand and a sales contract in the other — follow these tips before buying your next new boat.

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