Stuff going wrong...

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Hi all, I've been reading a lot about several cruisers sites on their travels and just reading people's remarks and experiences here on this forum. My question is this;

After purchasing a new boat, you get a warranty for the hull and then the warranty for the other stuff on board from their respective manufacturers. How often does this stuff break down?? Almost everything that I read, it seems that people are constantly fixing, replacing, jimmy-rigging something on their boat.

I also read from that one salesman that he stated that even the Raymarine stuff comes in dead on arrival almost half the time and then will fail sometimes within a few weeks!!

I always knew that if you purchase an older and used boats, that there are assumed and expected maintenance ongoing, but how about new boats. I do realize that there is a teething period when you shakedown the boat on initial launch..

Can someone give me their experience or observations on how this happens and how often it will happen?? Or is it like a car, when you can get a great car with no worries. Then you can get an exact car that just seems to be a lemon..

Thanks for your time.. Cheers.