frydaddy

How do youfix it, or at least make sure no water is going to be leaking into to the boat. Does it create a structual problem that you should be worried about?

FlounderAssassin

Maybe this will help...

http://www.pensacolahuntingforum.com...36707-4-1.aspx

Big Mikes Fiberglass

You can cut them out down to the glass,then fill them back with gelcoat.This should stop most of them. Big Mike

X-Shark

What Big Mike said is true, BUT if it was caused by flexing then it will come back unless you can add laminate to stop the flexing.

frydaddy

Can the laminate be mixed with the gel-coat or are they two different/seperate applications?

Big Mikes Fiberglass

It is in most cases fiberglass.Gelcoat comes last.If your cracks are from flex its better to live with them If they dont keep getting bigger. Big Mike

Last Drop

If you can ge to the back of the area, can you add support to stop the flexing?

Big Mikes Fiberglass

Would not hurt to try.In most cases its how the boat was built. Big Mike

frydaddy

Thanks Big Mike, had the inner liner out 3 years ago and put 2 coats of resin on the inside of the outer hull. They are not big cracks, just a lot of small ones, the boat is a 1981 model so I guess it's time it starts to show it's age. I'll keep plenty of wax on it and watch it closely.

X-Shark

All you did was add weight to the hull. It has absolutely NO strength.



The strength comes from the glass.



That and the fact that I'm sure you didn't sand the whole inside surface of the hull did you?