A successful Repair and an Important Tip!!

[turtle1173]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I successfully repaired a hole in the bow of my boat using fiberglass. The whole ordeal was rather easy after reading the instructions. I bought a kit at wal-mart ($7.77) to make the repair. I put two coats on and it turned out nice. Not bad considering I just about sank last Friday. I launched in too shallow of water and rammed the bottom of the bow on the trailer. I didn't think it was that bad until I went to move to a different spot and stepped down off my platform into 4 inches of water (and that was the shallow end) <br /><br /> Here's a good tip for you however. When applying fiberglass make sure you use some disposable gloves. I missed that part in the directions and spent an hour and a half trying to get it off my hands. I was successful but that's a lot of time to spend at the sink <br /><br />Shane

 

[Bobby Powell]

Re: A successful Repair and an Important Tip!!

I also launched in too shallow of water a couple of weeks ago...I have a roller trailer and once the boat got rolling there was no stopping it! <br /><br />Thank goodness I didn't hit bottom or my trailer but it was so close I pulled the boat back out to check for damage...that was the worst gut wrenching episode I had thus far. <br /><br />and to top it off, there were a few cars at the ramp watching boaters put in and pull out. Talk about embarrissing <br /><br />Bobby