Ok that's defiantly good to hear What could be poking through the fiberglass down there though? Thanks

Just went through what you are going thru now, my best advice is find a good fiberglass guy and get him to take a look. Mine was cracked at the back of the boat and I had to remove the engine to get it repaired from the inside. Once my guy was done you couldn't even tell he had been there. Set me back about $1000. I'd say the pointy object is a screw that somebody has run into the floor and poked thru the bottom. Here is a link to pictures of my boat when it was cracked and during the repair process.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...d-my-hull.html

Renkens were always of questionable build quality. You may actually have a screw that was set too deep or possibly the framing for the floor has dropped and that screw was in it. If you pull the floor you will probably be able to see what it is. A little grinding inside and outside and you'll be all fixed up. Or you could send it to Dave and let him have the fun, hell he may even make it faster

...the importance of the survey that was suggested more than once???

You likely have a core issue which would have been detected with a survey.

The core issue is likely from the intrusion of water and then freezing. This basically causes a mechanical delamination.

If this is the problem, it should not be "patched". It likely needs to be well ground out and layered up. Not really a job for a novice.

There is also a great chance as you get into it, the situation will be more extensive. This could be a $1000 job which a $200 survey would have prevented.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ng-buying.html

Wow.... I really hope that you can work something out and get that fixed brotha...

You could also do a temporary repair, just to get your through the summer. Then in the fall tear it apart.

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/repair-kits/

Your post says "New boat" What part of a 1994 is a "new" boat?

NEW TO HIM !!.... we've all been there or still are

WITH THE QUALITY OF RENKEN -THAT LOCATION- LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TRIED TO GET ON THE TRAILER AT 45d & 45 MPH AND SMACKED THE ROLLER.
HAVE YOU CHECKED TO SEE IF YOU TAKING ON WATER,I.E IS THAT CRACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH?
IF ITS AN IMPACT FLEX CRACK IN THE GEL THE WEST SYSTEM OR MARINETEX WILL WORK. ON SCREW TOO-GRIND OFF SCREW/ SHALLOW PIT WITH A DREMEL-FILL&SAND
I FILLED A VERTICAL INSIDE-OUT 3/8 DRILL HOLE RIGHT THROUGH MY CHINE( DON'T ASK) ITS STILL HOLDIN 10 YRS NOW

C'mon really? That's not helpful to this poor guy

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