Recently purchased a 2000 Tracker Pro Team 175. There is a roughly 10 inch repair to the hull directly in the middle of the boat. Currently it is patched with JB Weld. The previous owner was upfront about the repair and says that he has had no problems with. However this is my second bass boat and from prior expierences JB weld has the tendencies to flake off. Let alone JB weld cannot flex....not sure if that matters. I'm planning on putting the boat in the water to see if the repair does indeed work. My thoughts are to leave the JB weld and either rivet a piece of aluminum over it and 5200 around that....or just 5200. I've also seen a repair done with fiberglass and 100% polyurethane, does that work with aluminum? Is repairing it from the inside important, withour some deck removal I'm not sure how keen I am with that. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I'm sure many on here have more expierences with such a task. I'm pretty confident with my work and the only thing I do not have expierence is with welding. Any help would be awesome!