bottom of boat has small crack how to fix

[drrtydog]

Right in the center the fin up front i see a chunck taken out i think it was from the windy day we hit the bottom of the dock ramp. How do i go about fixing this just fill with fiberglass then put a little wrap over and apply more fiberglass over the top then sand it down?

 

[luckyinkentucky]

Re: bottom of boat has small crack how to fix

When you say 'chunk' I'm thinking the size of my fist. If you just have a chip of paint missing I would just clean it up with a little gel coat repair paste.

 

[jtexas]

Re: bottom of boat has small crack how to fix

sounds like a job for Marine-tex -

 

[drrtydog]

Re: bottom of boat has small crack how to fix

after searching for marinetex around town i did not find any i found another marine putty that i bought and pushed into the chunk. Then i fiberglassed over all that and sanded it down. The chunk was about 1" x 1/8". I took the boat out for 1 hour the day i found the chunk and did nothing more than drive around the lake. Pulled the main plug and water poured out still can figure out where that came from. When i got home i pulled the 2 plugs from the bildge area and a little more water poured out so i knew then i had a leak somwhere. Now i just need to find out how water got in the boat on top cause we never got out or hit any waves to take water in.

 

[luckyinkentucky]

Re: bottom of boat has small crack how to fix

It's possible for a 1" hole to take on quite a bit of water depending on the location. I had a loose bow eye with maybe a 1/4" space for water to get in a couple of weeks ago. I had never had a problem with my boat taking on water, but that day it took on almost 30 gallons of water within a 20 minute time frame. Of course I was cruising at 65mph and running up river 30 miles too. I think I probably skipped every wake I ran across.