Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures
Okay, that makes sense but hear me out and let me know what you think after I run this past you.
I have been studying iboats forum like a bible for the last week and I TallCanadian's rebuild of his MFG Gypsy. Now, I noticed on his that there is a tube that runs in the middle of the boat, however it's off center to the driver side of the boat, see TallCanadian's photo below -
(TallCanadian - I hope you don't mind I used your photo- I'll take it down if you want me to)
Now, the crack is not at the keel of the boat but on the bottom of the Gypsy it starts to run flat right along the middle , now between the keel and the flat middle section is where this crack is located. Again, it's only about 3" maybe 4", okay 5" max (lol). Now because this trailer that came with the boat is all messed up the boat is resting a lot of the weight on the one roller and caused it to puncture the fiberglass. Now, when I talked to the guy who sold me the boat he said the trailer has been messed up for a while however I'm sure that didn't stop him from using it or maybe even thinking about repairing it. Now, if you were to drive with this boat on the trailer the bouncing of the boat would cause the weight to be focused on this little section of the roller.
Now let me get back to the tube that runs down the middle of the boat inside. Now, that crack I can tell you that this crack is going to be under this tube, so If I pull everything up or even just cut a section up I have to wonder how will I get to that crack if that tube is in the middle of it all? Should I cut into the tube? Okay, now what do you think?