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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:14 PM
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Hi everyone, So i just picked up this 1994 renken bowrider with the 4.3 and I was so concerned about making sure the transom and bellows were ok that I completely missed this crack when I bought it. This devastated me today when I saw it. Do you think it is fixable with some fiberglass patch or something else? Also some of the spots were you just see a dark hole that is ether a screw or some other object poking through. On one of the holes I could feel a pointy tip so im guessing a screw but I dont know why a screw would be down there. One of the pics make the crack look worse then it really is because of the brown streak that is there.
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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:16 PM
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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:20 PM
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The red circle is the location of where it is. It under the the boat right by the side
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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:34 PM
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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:41 PM
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If you can easily get to that area from Inside the Hull fixing it is no big deal, If it's hard to get to then it becomes a Much Bigger Job......
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Old 07-12-2012 | 08:50 PM
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I could get to it from the inside fairly easy I just have to pull up the floor. What could be causing the cracking? Also what is the sharp object poking through? I didn't think they put screws down there? Thanks again!
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its only fiberglass . . . . yes it most certainly is fixable. I have literally cut hundred plus mile an hour boats almost in half and put them back together
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