FINELINE NOTICE: RAMFILL and R&D Testing

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There have been inaccurate reports and photographs of a sunken boat related to

RAMFILL. There has never been a sunken RAMFILL equipped boat due to RAMFILL
technology. The Centurion Boats R&D department has put boats through
countless tests and unusual conditions including occasional submerging, for
nearly four decades as a marine manufacturer. Our R&D department
takes great pride in destructively torture testing boats, so our customers remain
safe and protected. We are proud of
every photograph of that sunken boat that has been circulated.

During normal destructive testing a boat equipped with RAMFILL in 2013 was
submerged in controlled conditions. This boat was submerged on local Lake
Yosemite during standard testing of a new inspection device. An
inspection lid designed as part of the Centurion Boats EcoConscious Program;
was being certified with a team assembled by the R&D department. This
large inspection lid was intended to provide visual tank inspection for
invasive species and/or water. The use of these lids was proven
unreliable by this test and, as a result, the inspection lids were abandoned as
a possible inspection solution.

Confirmation by destructive testing of these innovations is a key part of
Centurions development programs. There are times when destructive testing
is the only way to certify a boat and Centurion takes this responsibility very
seriously.

 

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