I bought my first boat, a 99 wakesetter on Friday and got to take it out over the weekend for the first time. Boat did amazing, but unfortunately on the ride home the rear hatch/engine cover (sorry, not good with the exact terminology yet so I hope I’m describing this part right) flew off the boat on the highway and was ran over before I could retrieve it. Needless to say I’m extremely disappointed, I bought this boat because it was in amazing shape and the entire interior was just re covered last year.
i know I can find the vinyl to match but the problem is that the actual cover frame is mangled and broken and appears to be made from aluminum from what I can tell. I can’t find any info anywhere online about this part. I guess I should call the dealer and see if I can find it but is this something that is even produced? It’s an old boat and I’m guessing not a part people would usually need to replace although I can’t be the only person this has ever happened to. I thought about building my own frame from ply wood and having it covered professionally but would rather find an oem replacement or other solution before having to go that route.