Gell coat repair needed?

[gazelle]

I must have hit something with my dransducer that was mounted to a sternsaver transducer mount. If you are not familiar, it is a block you epoxy to the stern so you do not have to drill into the boat. The underside of the stern saver has holes or pockets you fill with epoxy and glue to the stern. When it broke off it took hunks of the gell coat with it the same shape as the pockets.

I was thinking I would just mount a new sternsaver over the location of the old and cover the holes in the gell coat and loosen the obviously too tight transducer mount so it flips up if it happens again. Out of sight out of mind. Now I wonder if this is a good solution or not. Should I patch the gel coat first and then mount the new part or just mount the new part over the damage? The boat is in fresh water 9 months of the year in a slip I figured there are big ocean boats that live in the water year round for years on end, I am sure there are some chips in them. So I was thinking just putting the new part over the old would be ok, but figured I should check first.

Doubt it matters but the boat is a 2007 trophy 1952 WA.

Thanks gazelle

 

[Bifflefan]

You can make an argument for either way I guess. I would at the very least put some kind of sealer on it before you reinstall the saver. That said, its not hard to just gelcoat it or glass it a little, sand flat and gelcoat it. I use Totalboat from Amazon for my fixes. Get it with wax so it sets up completely.

Then again you could just goop the crap out it with 5200 and it would likely rip a hole in the transom if it came off again.

Your boat, your call.

 

[gazelle]

Thanks, just ordered