Posted by jmike on 06/20/15 - 8:02 PM
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wing15601 wrote:
It's kind of hard to see what you're talking about in the photo but in any case, you could sand away the gelcoat, roughen up the surface and start filling with layers of fiberglass mat, starting with small circles, ending with a piece just below the rim of the depression. Sand it fair then fill with a mixture of resin and microbaloons and fair that in to fill any depressions left then reapply the gelcoat. Sounds easy and it isn't. We're it me I would either live with it or find a glass man for an estimate.
thanks for the feedback. it is kind of tough to capture in a pic, but it is that dark spot right above the lettering on the trailer, and to the left of the trailer tire. there isn't much else to see since the gelcoat is undamaged, looks original, just sunken in a little bit.
I have found a few references to early 80's hulls having a cosmetic problem, manufacturing defect i suppose, where the foam could shrink and pull in the shell. I was thinking maybe this was something similar.
Just based on the overall condition, i'll probably go ahead and purchase the boat tomorrow and probably live with it. before doing so, was just trying to understand what i was looking at.