Re: fiberglass boat needs repair
i have a ted williams 12 foot fiberglass boat the fiberglass is coming off every time we handle the boat. what can i do to stop this. is there something i can put on this to seal it?
Those Sears Gamefisher hulls were made by MFG, they had a very thin gel coat that wore away over the years exposing the bare fiberglass fibers. On the one I had here a few years ago, I just primed, sanded and sealed the hull and put on a coat of good epoxy paint.
You could sand and re gel coat the hull but it's probably not worth all that work and painting works just fine. I take it you have one of the white hulls with blue trim and seats?
Those hulls were also double fiberglass with a foam core. Pay close attention to the outer hull and any deep scuffs or gouges in the keel area. This can let water in between the inner and outer hulls both soaking the foam and adding weight to the boat. Nearly everyone I've seen has been either patched on the keel or was worn thin and leaking.
They do make good fishing boats though. The older ones seem to have been gaining some collector value as well. There's a strong following here for those boats. Even the worst examples still sell.
