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What I find amazing on these boats is that upon "destructive investigation" they all have these same set of problems. Aside from an almost cult following I just dont get it. Not only the KK42 but lots of other top name or brand boats suffer (benifit?)from the same thing. Hatteras and Bertram come to mind. Albin maybe ? I can tell you that the KK42 was not built here in the good ol U.S. and suffers the consequences of being built where and how it was. Allbeit purportedly built in the better yards. Just how much better is that ? All of this is coming from a fellow Krogenite.
After following the FL 120 rebuild thread, I thought this would be a good time to mention that my fuel tanks are 1/2" fiberglass, so they didn't need replacing during engine room refit.
I assume that means they were replaced by the previous owner.
That's interesting information, why do you think the change was made. I think I would prefer the f/g tanks...I think it was a production decision to go to metal fuel tanks. As Scott mentioned (he's hull #61 and built in 1984), on hull #66, Krogen made some changes as they ramped up production. The metal tanks were manufactured off the boat and dropped in as the boat was assembled. Our hull is #120 (1987), but the back of the instrument panel indicates it was to go into hull #125. I can't imagine what a zoo the yard must of been when they built and completed 20 plus KK42s in one year for 3 years running. QC?
Here's an aproximate list of the KK42 during the high build years.
1984 16 to 18
1985 20 to 26
1986 24
1987 26
1988 11
1989 3