Seadoo Challenger Recovery Essay

Before his vessel and his trailer was stolen on the date of loss, Mr. Geason said his boat and trailer was in running condition, and none of the gauges, keys, boat seats, and both windshields were intact and in good shape. During the recovery of his vessel and the trailer, he found there were six seat cushions, and two cushioned side covers above the seat cushions were missing at the forward bow of his ship. In addition to four seat cushions missing at the outboard section of the boat, behind the Captain and Co-Captain passenger seats which were still intact at amidships. Also, removed from the ship was the two front windshields at athwartships near the forward bow, with the entire electronic instrument panel completely missing. With that said, due to the instrument panel missing the investigator nor the insured were able to account the hours from the boats operating the system. Mr. Geason said since the vessel’s recovery in 2014; he is unable to calculate from memory as to how many hours the boat had.
Geason did not sustain any damage to the outside of the boat hull which had several scratches and markings which Mr. Geason considered as wear and tear markings from repeated usage of the vessel.

After the recovery of the ship, Mr. Geason claimed he took his Seadoo Challenger 215 HP Rotax to be repaired with a mechanic at DMP Motorsports, at 5530 Crane St a, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530, telephone number [phone]. He was told by the mechanic at the boat repair facility that the ship's engine was “seized” and needed to be replaced with either a used or new inboard jet motor. But, according to the mechanic, he was informed that by replacing the engine would not be cost effective to replace, because the vessel itself was estimated at $3,500.00 compared to the engine at the price of