Hi all. A little background here, this is our 3rd boat, but first new boat and first 'toon. We bought this 21' Lowe tritoon new in June of this year. At a local lake this weekend we somehow stumbled upon a tall tree stump in about 9' of water, it had to have been maybe a foot under the surface. We were going about 15mph when we heard the thumping underneath. I immediately shut the motor off, trimmed it up, and checked the lower unit and prop, but it wasn't until I hopped in the water and started feeling around under the toons that I felt the damage.
It looks like the log got caught between the toon and lifting strake, then took a trip toward the stern, breaking the welds off the lifting strake and denting the toon as it made it's way rearward. Since it's a new boat I do have it fully insured, and i'd like to get it repaired and though it doesn't have to look perfect I would like to be unnoticeable to most. Can anything be done with the dent? Unfortunately the dent isn't accessible from the back side as it's just in front of the splashwell in an area that's sealed off and also has the fuel tank inside of it. My dealer (without having seen it yet) said they don't really deal with dents, they'll just replace the entire log, or I can just keep the dent and have them weld the strake back on.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or comments.
It looks like the log got caught between the toon and lifting strake, then took a trip toward the stern, breaking the welds off the lifting strake and denting the toon as it made it's way rearward. Since it's a new boat I do have it fully insured, and i'd like to get it repaired and though it doesn't have to look perfect I would like to be unnoticeable to most. Can anything be done with the dent? Unfortunately the dent isn't accessible from the back side as it's just in front of the splashwell in an area that's sealed off and also has the fuel tank inside of it. My dealer (without having seen it yet) said they don't really deal with dents, they'll just replace the entire log, or I can just keep the dent and have them weld the strake back on.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or comments.