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I found two places on the bottom of the boat where the gel coat is gone and it is raw fiberglass http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/mad.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/mad.gif . How bad is this? Do I need to take it to the shop? Any idea on the cost? Sorry for all the questions but I'm sick right now.
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Modified by jp71291 at 11:14 AM 7/26/2011
Modified by jp71291 at 11:15 AM 7/26/2011
Thats a bummer, a buddy of mine just found one on his Stratos, said he never felt anything and had no idea when it happened. Took it to the fiberglass shop, they told him it had been taking water and the whole area around it was soft and had to be repaired...
Yep I would get that repaired ASAP.
Had a similar spot repaired on mine from a dock local glass shop charged about 600 insurance took care of it for me!
Since you are in La. go ahead and get a Gorilla hull put on it ... lifetime warranty.
http://www.toledofiberglass.com/
Get it fixed right away!!!!
get it covered up wether with some 3M product or take it to a glass shop..Be prepared for a sticker shock though. The minute you deal with flake it jacks the price up. Your stump knocking probably caused it..your talking the weight of your boat leveraging off a stump thats 1800lbs sliding off a stump and a paper thin gel coat..yes it will crack off..Your one picture looks like impact cracks on it. It doesnt take much to peel the thin gel coat off these boats. I hit a submerged tree idling up a small creek and have a 2 nice scars of shaved gel off my hull..Its a gel coated fiberglass boat one thing certain you will find cracks and it will ding/dent itself all over the boat.
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Champion Bob »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Since you are in La. go ahead and get a Gorilla hull put on it ... lifetime warranty.
http://www.toledofiberglass.com/</td></tr></table>
One problem is I don't think insurance will pay for that and all I can afford now is the $250.00 deductable. I'm still just sick. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/sick.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/sick.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/sick.gif
I think insurance would be a good start. Based on picture you can tell there is some kind of impact damage.
Good luck.