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Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
- lakeman
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Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
I went for a swim and I could clearly see and feel the damage. The damaged area is about 2 feet long. It was hard to tell but I would say the depth of the damage is somewhere between 3/32 inch (3mm) and 3/16 inch (5mm) at the deepest point.
Since I have no trailer, it is going to cost me $800 to get the boat out of the water and back in, so I'd love to just continue using the boat and deal with the gash in the fall. However, I want to be smart about it. Do I need to deal with this ASAP?
There's no water leaking in. I sleep on the boat at night, so I'm monitoring closely.
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Re: Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
If it is into the core you want to pull it asap, as the water will continue to soak through the core throughout the boat and will not be worth repairing.
As far as worring about sinking while you are asleep, if you just grazed the hull, I wouldnt lose much sleep worring about it.
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Re: Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
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Re: Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
The outer layer is gel coat, do you see any bare fiberglass? If you do, haul her out now.
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Re: Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
- lakeman
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- Joined: June 13th, 2018, 9:33 pm
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- Location: Lake of the Woods
Re: Can my hull repair wait until fall or must I do it now?
Given that it has been 2.5 days since the incident, if I pull the boat out, would you recommend that I left it dry for a number of days before repairing in case the wood core has soaked up some water?
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