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sputterbug

Posted 3/10/2003 12:41 AM (#63099)
Subject: gel coat cracks

Posts: 364

Location: Kentucky

Took my boat in for some work and noticed some spider cracks in the gel coat on the bow (1994 Tuffy Renegade, reglassed at Tuffy factory in 2000). It covers about 1 sq. foot and is very fine. Should I worry about it?

Edited by sputterbug 3/10/2003 12:42 AM

sworrall

Posted 3/10/2003 7:13 AM (#63110 - in reply to #63099)
Subject: RE: gel coat cracks

Posts: 32958

Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Where on the bow are the gel cracks? Which side of the hull, port or starboard?

sputterbug

Posted 3/10/2003 6:22 PM (#63230 - in reply to #63099)
Subject: RE: gel coat cracks

Posts: 364

Location: Kentucky

Steve, they're close to the nose on the starboard side, and most are up above the bumper guard, so they're mostly on the rail. The gas cap is on port side; the location is pretty much mirror-image to starboard. Thanks for any help!

I could e-mail you a photo sometime if you like. Boat is half hour away right now, though.

Edited by sputterbug 3/10/2003 6:24 PM

sputterbug

Posted 3/11/2003 11:33 PM (#63426 - in reply to #63099)
Subject: RE: gel coat cracks

Posts: 364

Location: Kentucky

bttt

sworrall

Posted 3/12/2003 8:23 AM (#63455 - in reply to #63426)
Subject: RE: gel coat cracks

Posts: 32958

Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

If the crazing is on the cap, I wouldn't worry about it at all. The cap on that boat has little to do with the hull structural integrity; gel cracks there are pretty harmless

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