87 Seaway Strake Crack - Did I just ruin my hull?

[fishin nick]

Hi All,
So in the process of trying to sell my boat and a potential buyer found this crack in the strake. Probably caused from misalignment on the trailer. I decided to try to fix it myself, stupidly. I grabbed a fiberglass repair kit and began sanding down the area for a repair. Above, within, and below the initial crack was very soft, rotted material which I removed. However, I think I removed way too much and got down into the material of the strake (I am not that familiar with boat hull materials is it foam or wood I sanded into?). Can anyone tell me if I can salvage this, and how to or did I basically just ruin my hull in my haste to try and fix it. Sanded down about 1/2-5/8 of an inch into the strake at the deepest point.

Album below has the crack before, close up, and after sanding / grinding.

https://postimg.cc/gallery/2kve5zago/

 

[Scott Danforth]

good news.....bad news

good news it can easily be repaired....

bad news, most likely your stringers, transom, and foam are water-logged.

if it is truly the case of the stringers, transom and foam being water-logged, the strake is the least of your problems. restoring the boat will cost you about $2500 in materials and PPE

what you are seeing is what used to be a strip of wood.

IMHO, lower your sell it as a project and fully disclose the issues. cut your losses and move on to another boat.

 

[fishin nick]

Thank you. Can you tell the wood is waterlogged from how it looks or just because of the extent of the damage? Just curious. Any way I could confirm that its shot?

 

[Scott Danforth]

Its a 31 year old boat. Start by doing some test drills in the transom(down low inside of boat). If the shavings are light colored and dry, no rot. If the shavings are dark, wet, and smell like mulch, you have a rotten transom

However by looking at the rotten wood, i would assume the worst