Hull Damage Repair Help?
 

just took a nice chunk out of the back corner of my new boat, (damn public ramps!),)this is a new problem for me, never did this before.. any suggestion on what to use,marine tex ?? etc..(brands too) temp. or perm... or should i just let the pro's fix it!

The Culprit!

another look at it!

ouch!

you could go with gel cote paste to fill th hole. YOu can buy a can of it at west marine for make sur eyou get eth pastes. And get ready to wetsand!!!

you need glass and resin to pack in that hole. then you can put gelcoat on top and color match it.

but you need fiber in that hole.

Exactly! That's deep enough, you need to have a structural repair.

OUCH! That really blows. Sorry to see that. :(

West marine sales some stuff called the wet system, it is basically a very slow curing fiberglass resin. Because it dries slow it is very strong and you can buy a filler to add to it to make it thicker for large holes like the one you have. Then I would contact the boat manufacturer for the right color gelcoat there are several that look white but are actually called something different. Hope this helps and sorry for your mishap, that sucks. :eek:

With it being a new boat, I'd have it professionally done, but that may be because I've seen my own fiberglass work before.:(

Thanks for the info!

I would second this. You could get something to do temp patch & then take boat in for the real thing later.

After looking at the first picture, I thought the hole was masive.

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Dude...you told me you chipped the gel coat.
I wouldnt just fill that unless its going to be just a temp patch. I wouldnt put it back in the water until you do something with it.
Is it at Greg/Jerry's now?
I will call you later.

if your wanting a do it yourself repair that will look fair get some resin and then get some fiberglass mat not cloth. clean up and smooth out the rough edges around the damage. take some mat and a scissors and cut the mat as to create fine strandes, such as cut 1/4-3/8in along the edge of the mat and the little piece that fall off is what your after. cut alot because you are going to use the cut mat to add to resin to create a thick paste. mix resin in a small cup ( a cut in half soda or beer can work good, there pleniful and disposable ) i usually use a popcicle stick to stir up the resin not to hot because you need time to work it, add the cut mat in after you have the resin mixed you are creating a very thick paste that wont run down the boat and you can work vertical. as a precaution tape off under repair so as not to run down the side on the good part of boat. after you get a clob on the hole use the sticks on edge in a chopping motion to work the fiberglass resin paste level you will be actual working air bubbles out of the paste and bring resin to the top. this will provide you with a fiberglass fill in the hole.after it dries sand down, then use gel from the manufacture and use as a cosmetic fill after dry sand and buff. you'll have to do colors separte. if you take your time and don get in a hurry i think the results will be near undetectable. by do the repairs in this manor you wont have to spray the gel out to blend creating a halo around repairs as the blend starts weathering.
good luck
later

hey tantrum,

i told you you you would be impressed that i didn't kick or punch anything. That should have given you the clues, that something was way wierd? usually it would have ended up costing me twice as much , due to all of the other things i might have broken in that fit of rage!, but it was such a freakin fluke that i was as amazed as i was pissed... and yes it's at jerry's...

and it did crack the gel coat .. i just stopped there when i was telling you the story!!...and then!!!!!!!!!

Weird....yes :D

Well you got some very good feed back on what you need to do to get it fixed. I will be around this week if you want to fix it yourself.......as far as a professional repair I dont have anybody I would recommend local right now.

As far as the piling I think a chainsaw would be the best fix for that :crazy:
LMK

new boat get it fixed by the pro's!

Get a quote from a professional, Then call your insurance. MHO