Small hole/crack in hull please help!

[Eddiev63]

I have recently purchased a 1998 ski Sanger v210 about a month ago and when I was going under the boat to put my fake-a-lake on, I found this hole/crack. It's white and it feels kinda hard and kinda soft, it's definitely not the gel coat. I'm a first time boat owner and would like to know exactly what I'm dealing with and how I should go about it! Thanks in advance for any replies!

 

[mickyryan]

looks like a chunk taken out do you have acess to inside? if so you would want to repair from inside out however I would get a professional to repair it if you don't have those skills in the long run you will have more piece of mind.
if you attempt yourself first thing I would do is figure out if its dry if not then wrap boat in plastic and stick a dehumidifier inside for a day or 3 then attempt repair

 

[Watermann]

It kind of looks like it used to be a gel coat blister and the gel came off exposing the glass underneath. Doesn't really look like impact damage to me.

 

[Eddiev63]

I don't believe its impact damage because it's right next to where the drive for the prop comes out and there's nothing next to it that would indicate impact. Is there anything I can do myself to repair the gel coat?

 

[Scott Danforth]

in the stickies at the tops of the forums are all sorts of good information

there is a link to fixing stress cracks in gel. your blister repair will be similar

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat...tress-cracks-diy-step-by-step-w-pics?t=320724

iBoats has gel coat repair kits http://www.iboats.com/Boat-Gel-Coat...8817208--session_id.968863272--view_id.246645