First a little history. From what I can tell I'm the third owner of this boat. It has been pretty well cared for, but does have a little floor rot and the transom is starting to go. I plan to tackle everything as the season closes, but my concern is the keel right now.
I cleaned all the lake scum buildup off the hull and found a spot on the lower part of the keel that all the gel coat has rubbed off from continual beaching. This spot is below the ski locker and has been rubbed enough that light shines through. The afflicted area does not seem to be thin in anyway from poking it with my finger and a punch. In fact it feels very solid. Should I be concerned that I can see light coming through it. There are not holes in it at all. Its just there is no gel coat and the sun comes through the ski locker and creates a "window like" effect. I will post pictures later as I'm getting ready for work and have to wrap this up.
I was thinking of grinding back the area and building up inside the ski locker with CSM and woven Roving and then building the outside up with just CSM to give it a little more thickness. it still feels plenty strong and the boat has seen 3 foot wakes at 30 mph this year and it hasn't flexed or cracked.
Let me know what you think
I looked at it all again closer today when i wasn't in a rush. I think it is as least 3/16 to 1/4 thick. The only reason I am seeing light through it is because there is no gel coat and the glass was wetted out very well and turned opaque in the process. Most of the scrape is shown in the closeup shot, but the scrape does continue on and is about 58" in length. The deepest is in the closeup as the keel starts to turn flat and is right under the ski locker.
Alex
I cleaned all the lake scum buildup off the hull and found a spot on the lower part of the keel that all the gel coat has rubbed off from continual beaching. This spot is below the ski locker and has been rubbed enough that light shines through. The afflicted area does not seem to be thin in anyway from poking it with my finger and a punch. In fact it feels very solid. Should I be concerned that I can see light coming through it. There are not holes in it at all. Its just there is no gel coat and the sun comes through the ski locker and creates a "window like" effect. I will post pictures later as I'm getting ready for work and have to wrap this up.
I was thinking of grinding back the area and building up inside the ski locker with CSM and woven Roving and then building the outside up with just CSM to give it a little more thickness. it still feels plenty strong and the boat has seen 3 foot wakes at 30 mph this year and it hasn't flexed or cracked.
Let me know what you think
I looked at it all again closer today when i wasn't in a rush. I think it is as least 3/16 to 1/4 thick. The only reason I am seeing light through it is because there is no gel coat and the glass was wetted out very well and turned opaque in the process. Most of the scrape is shown in the closeup shot, but the scrape does continue on and is about 58" in length. The deepest is in the closeup as the keel starts to turn flat and is right under the ski locker.
Alex
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