[Dmax07]

Here is what we found on our boat this weekend while working on it...





Thought the paint was just chipping but the top is trying to separate... New hull time?

[Your Mom]

Mine did the same thing...someone didnt cap it correctly. I ran a 1" wide vinyl stripe around hull like a rub rail for years. I now have installed a rub rail.

[AQUAHOLIC]

ya i would just sand it down and maybe lay some fiberglass over it and put a rub rail on. not a big deal. My boat was in two pieces along that same line yesterday. I reglassed the two halves back together and should be finishing up that part of my project this week.

[Dmax07]

Yeah we were going to try and fix it before we get a new hull... Found a nice hullmfor cheap with rub rail on it and all gauges in it with jet drive. Just wanted some opinions

[AQUAHOLIC]

if the other hull is a better starting point then go with that. glass work sucks. if you can just start with a good hull then that might make life easier.

[Dmax07]

Here is the one we found, haven't went and  looked at it yet but we were going to...

[Dmax07]

Yeah we going to do some work on it today and see if we are going to go the new hull route... Hopefully have some good news later

[Your Mom]

Does your hull now have a full stringer? Put a 1" wide black vinyl stripe around it for now and finish out the season.  This is the way mine used to look with 1" blue over 1" black with a 1/4 of the black showing.

[Dmax07]

Well, I think we are going to just fix it! Motor has a knock to it now, so it's pulled now and just gonna work on the hull while it's being rebuilt

[jetjunky101]

#1 your boat dosent look so bad
#2 ka0tyk is right....if the crack your talking about .....is the cap....your good ..
#3 .....you CAN fix it..... 

[Dmax07]

Yeah that's what we going to do, and paint it while we're at it...

[crewchief22]

Get a close look at the inside of the hull, if the original fiberglass that secures the cap to the hull is not cracked and not damaged by someones previous work, I'd recommend just reinstalling a rub rail and call it good.  The repair required so it doesn't crack again isn't hard but is a messy pain in the @$$.