Got home from fishing this afternoon, looked under my 1999 Stratos 273 & there are water blisters on the bottom below the water line. I am not the orginal owner, but I spent for a Stratos to get a better boat, but I expected the finish to be better than this. Anyone else have the same problem ?
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Sea Pro SV1900 bay boat, Yamaha 115HP
Yeah, a bay boat, best of both worlds, peacefulness in the river bass fishing, big fish in bay & ocean !!
have you hugged your wife today ?
I don't know anything about them, but I think the first question that will be asked: Was it ever stored in the water full time? Todd will have better questions and answers
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Sea Pro SV1900 bay boat, Yamaha 115HP
Yeah, a bay boat, best of both worlds, peacefulness in the river bass fishing, big fish in bay & ocean !!
have you hugged your wife today ?
the way water blisters are done is by storing in the water at least for many days if not a part of the season. also if for some reason there is a pin holes in the gel coat. a few boat companies over the years has had this problem do to a number of reasons, ranging from wrong mixing of gel coat to not totally cleaning molds. under the even new boat warranties it may or may not be covered, you really need to check as most will not warranty the gel coat. you can take it to a glass shop and have them look at it. it usually is a pretty common occurance with boats that spend say a summer in the lake/ocean, sail boats, runabouts and such. Not as often in bass boats. but it has happened in at least 1 manuf I know of and they fought tooth and nail about fixing the problems as it was not just one boat but quite a few.
I do want to ask this also is it where your bunks hit the boat Or really close? if so you may have too heavier carpet on the bunks that holds the water longer than the normal bunk carpet.
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Its several inches from the bunks,,
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Sea Pro SV1900 bay boat, Yamaha 115HP
Yeah, a bay boat, best of both worlds, peacefulness in the river bass fishing, big fish in bay & ocean !!
have you hugged your wife today ?
I had this problem with my Triton. I had a keel protector that was coming loose and trapped water inside it in several places. I pulled off the protector and found the blisters. I fixed mine myself and it is a real pain in the rearGood luck with yours but all boats will do this if water is in contact with the hull for a long period of time.
Here is a "past" thread about the problem that you are describing. Not a solution, but at least informative;
http://www.bbcboards.net...22658
Hope that this helps.
My buddies ranger has them all over and his boat used to be kept in the lake allll season long at the dock...chris
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