No please do not apologize. I know that your not pointing fingers at my boats or me, but not everyone will see it that way. You have a right to your opinion. The Twin Vee has not pleased everyone as have plenty of other manufactured boats. I just wanted to know what your reasons were for calling them Turds. Mainly because I own two of them. It is good to get some feedback from other people. But I think the whole story should be told. There is more than meets the eye with this. I just don't see the problems you named being that big of a deal or any different than most boats on the market to call them a Turd in my opinion. But I have seen a lot go wrong with a lot of different boats.
But you are right! They did rig some boats absolutely horrible. Mainly the bilge pumps and wash down pumps, and where the wiring was laid. The price tag reflected it though. You get what you pay for in the marine industry. Most of the time. But, to give you and the readers an idea of how inconsistent most of the marine industry is a friend of mine has his 275,000.00 Yellowfin(most expensive 36' center console on the market) at the factory getting it re-rigged right now due to electrical fires, and getting electrolysis so bad it just about ate off one of the props. Most disturbing thing I have ever seen. Why or how did it happen, nobody knows yet. He also owns a 32' Twin Vee (120,000.00) and has never had a problem. Guess which one he prefers to fish on. The other boat I can give you an example of is several viking yachts 1,000,000.00+boat. They have had a lot of rigging and electrical problems. I will bet that the owners were cursing just like you were except they spent about 900,000 more than you. But in the end these big money guys brought their boats back and were refunded the full amount. Once they started mass producing, spitting out more than they should be, this is when the problems started. Warranty work is a write off for these boat companies so a lot of these companies are letting boats go today knowing they will have problems later. Did TV do the same, most likely. I am sure they knew a lot of the boats would have warranty claims. I can name problems that people have had with just about every boat on the market today. Most of the time there is usually a short between the steering wheel and the leaning post, boat owner for those who didn't get it. But I have seen a lot of boats with a lot of problems with big price tags and well known names. The way I see it you need to find the problems you could have before it happens. You won't find all of them but to find a few will help. Don't trust them to come perfect from the builder and most dealers have no clue that a bilge pump wire wasn't connected correctly or has already corroded from doing test runs with other potential buyer. Very rarely will brand new boats come trouble free. ZERO used boats will come trouble free.
Luckily I picked up on the way Twin Vee rigged boats and rigged everything I could myself, as you eventually did, or I would have more than likely had some minor issues to fix. If not I am sure I would have been calling them something worse than Turds. I also had some fiberglass reinforcements made in areas that seem to be lacking. I bought the hull and T-Top only. I had the engines and some wiring done locally on both boats. The rigging jobs, fiberglass, and I can name a lot of other things seemed to change from boat to boat. Some were done correctly and others seem to be a rush job. I did a lot of research and was lucky enough to be able to run and ride in numerous boats because of the business I am in and as of right now, being in the charter boat business, I would still choose the T.V. Hull because of the ride, speed, fuel economy, fishing space, and price tag. You were probably there when I had both 32' footers built. one of them is a little over 4yrs. old now and the other is 2 yrs. old. The 2005 TV has over 120,000 miles on it.
I am defending the boats that I make a living with so of course if your going to make a negative posting, then of course I am going to have to say something and not just let the post ride the way it was. If you would have started the thread you wouldn't have heard a peep from me.
No hard feelings and I do Thank You for your kind words in your post.
Next time your down in Venice give me a shout and I can give you an update on the fishing.