Need some help

[Barriedave]

Hey everyone,

I married into a family of boaters and We are the first to buy a jet boat. So I’m kinda running rogue here as far as being able to ask one of the 20+ family members that live and breathe boats.

so I took my 1997 challenger 1800 out on Friday for a little boot with the father in law by our cottage, to tie the docks down in the winter so they don’t foot away they chain them to these 1 1/2 steel poles that epoxy’d into the rock. So of course there’s “land mines” in certain places. I just so happened to find one that was forgotten about. Didn’t puncture the main body, so no leaks but I definitely have to fix this. Anyone have any specifics on what to do? Not entirely sure if I should just do a fibreglass job or that 2 part epoxy stuff, I’ve attached a photo. It’s about a half inch dee in the worst spot.

Thanks guys!

 

[mikidymac]

Patch with white marinetex.

 

[Ckrawiec]

Hey everyone,

I married into a family of boaters and We are the first to buy a jet boat. So I’m kinda running rogue here as far as being able to ask one of the 20+ family members that live and breathe boats.

so I took my 1997 challenger 1800 out on Friday for a little boot with the father in law by our cottage, to tie the docks down in the winter so they don’t foot away they chain them to these 1 1/2 steel poles that epoxy’d into the rock. So of course there’s “land mines” in certain places. I just so happened to find one that was forgotten about. Didn’t puncture the main body, so no leaks but I definitely have to fix this. Anyone have any specifics on what to do? Not entirely sure if I should just do a fibreglass job or that 2 part epoxy stuff, I’ve attached a photo. It’s about a half inch dee in the worst spot.

Thanks guys!

I feel your pain, man......my first foray out in my NEW (to me) speedboat.......I found a shoal.......took out the prop. I was a boating newbie at that time......fast forward 7 years AND a GARMIN GPS device in EVERY vessel....no more new props....plus you start to learn the areas to avoid.

Fortunately, I haven't scarred any of my boats BUT I did "total" a seadoo SPARK polycarbonate hull....put a basketball sized hole in it....but we don't talk about that ....ANYMORE!!!!!!