Howdy all,

I've got some visible cracks at the bottom of my hull on my 16ft runabout.
This past summer when using the boat I was getting a bit of water in it
after having it sit for a while in the water (the bilge pump easily took
care of it). I'm now thinking that these cracks may be the cause and water
slowly seeps into the boat.

Now, my question about how I should attempt to fix this giving the following
considerations 1. It's an old boat. 2. I use it a 4-5 weekends a year.
3. I don't want to spend a lot of money as its not worth it.

My ideas have been the following:

1. The ugly job
- rough up the area around the crack and put a few fiberglass patches on
it (poly resin & cloth)
- paint over it

2. Cleaner job
- grind out the crack and a bit of the area around it (make a V)
- fill with fiberglass resin, or epoxy resin using a filler
- not sure if a cloth patch on top of this would be necessary.
- paint over it

What do you guys think given the considerations?