My father had a 13' Boston whaler with a 40hp merc outboard. He was traveling down the highway doing 60.
Here's the video link after it all.
http://youtu.be/2Yz7I_LSPs4
The boat was written off by the insurance company and after looking it over carefully I decided to buy it from the insurance company for salvage value of $500
I am planning to fix it back up and will post some pictures of the damage, hopefully get your suggestions of how to repair it and post pictures of the progress.
I have already verified the engine is OK apart from a new cowl and a couple of smaller bits so I don't think I wasted my money.
Here's the video link after it all.
http://youtu.be/2Yz7I_LSPs4
The boat was written off by the insurance company and after looking it over carefully I decided to buy it from the insurance company for salvage value of $500
I am planning to fix it back up and will post some pictures of the damage, hopefully get your suggestions of how to repair it and post pictures of the progress.
I have already verified the engine is OK apart from a new cowl and a couple of smaller bits so I don't think I wasted my money.
As far as the matt goes, you can alternate 1.5 oz CSM and use two layers of 1708 bi ax -- I haven't done my transom, but that seems to be what most iboaters do. Getting it smooth requires a lot of sanding and fairing the gelcoat... it will be hard to match teh gelcoat to the original color too... I would imagine you would have to mold a new skin (after removing a significant portion of the glass) and then pour the foam in the foam filled areas...