I am now the proud owner of 2022 BassTracker Pro Team 175TF! It is a beautiful boat, but I had some issues last night, my first time out with it. Those are as follows:

1) Unlike my previous BT, I will not release the front strap until the boat is in the water from here on out. Reason, as my buddy was backing me and another friend into the water, boat slid off the trailer and BAM! We were in the water, but the scag took some major scuffing/rubbing and I've now got a couple good scratches on the keel. My buddy jumped out of my vehicle and could not believe it, neither could I!!!

Did this happen because I had 2 of us in the boat and in the seats while trying to unload?

2) After we were done for the night, got loaded ( no issues, thank goodness ) pulled the plug and there was a lot of water draining. My first thought was that there was hole in the boat, but there is not! I've been under the boat and do not see any holes, just the scratches I mentioned earlier. By looking at the water line on the boat, it does sit very low in the back.

Would this be water from when slowing down from plane?


3) When locking everything down, putting up gear, I looked in the livewells and there was water in both front and rear! We never attempted to put water in those so how did that get in there.

Where and how did this get in there?


Any advice or answers would be greatly appreciated..