Saw Cut through Hull

[angelo3658]

Help! I was cutting the rotted deck out of my 1971 Fleetwind with a multipurpose tool and didn't realize until it was too late that I was cutting through the hull. Now I have an 8" slice. I had purchased polyester resin for the deck restore but is it good to fill this cut? Or should I use epoxy and then cover over with glass and poly? Not sure how I can get the resin down in the cut without using a syringe or sand an angle into the hole. Just don't want to chance making the cut bigger. Thanks for your help. Mistakes like this really makes me angry and nervous.

 

[boatman37]

I'm not an expert so not going to give advice but will say that you aren't the first here to do it and from responses I have read before it isn't a big deal. Pretty easy repair from what the experts here say.

 

[tpenfield]

We see this sort of thing on a regular basis. So, there should be a few threads of folks who have cut through their hull, just like you.

To repair the cut, I would do the following.

Fiberglass cloth on the outside of the hull
PB in the cut itself
Fiberglass cloth on the inside of the hull . . . Make your cloths extend a couple of inches beyond the cut
Prep the surfaces well before glassing
Don't do it again :hand:

 

[Old Ironmaker]

And you won't be the last. The very first nail I drove on my very first home I owned and the very first renovation I did I drove that nail straight through a copper water line. I went from rookie carpenter to rookie plumber in a matter of seconds.

 

[82rude]

If that was my boat id glass the inside but on the outside id gently grove it with a dremel and fill with 2 part marine epoxy.Putty or paste.