Hull Damage
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			I wonder where he dreamed up the notion that a new glass boat can be beached 
at will? 
"Capt. Mooron"  wrote in message 
... 
 Advise.......  Buy a Keel Guard. 
 
 CM 
 
 "David Purvis"  wrote in message 
 ..  . 
 | Last week I had my 2000 17ft Larson docked at a cottage bow in and up on 
 two 
 | tires with carpet over the tires to protect gellcoat. 
 | After digging out the sand and rocks the boat seemed fine and the back 
was 
 | floating and I could stick my foot under the bottom and had space there. 
 But 
 | before this I must of been rubbing on the many small stones.The first 
time 
 I 
 | beached it I felt it rub near the centre and that's when I dug out the 
 sand. 
 | Now the very pointed part of the bottom has been scratched badly but 
 really 
 | what bothers me is two long gouges that are not deep but can they be 
 filled 
 | buy using a gellcoat repair kit ? Looks like two pointed rocks rubbed 
 along 
 | the bottom. 
 | Seems like a artist brush dipped into the filler would be all I need to 
 fill 
 | in the voids. What do you guys think? Not to worried about how it looks 
as 
 | you have to get under the trailer and slide down to see it.Or should I 
get 
 | the bottom treated with hull paint? 
 | The boat will be back in the water in 5 days for 3 weeks then I will 
have 
 | time to buff out and wax the rest of the bottom.Was thinking of taking 
it 
 in 
 | for repairs but the damage is not deep and should not get under the 
 | gellcoat. The rest of the year it only gets in the water for a couple of 
 hrs 
 | a week then stays on the trailer.All this to try and free up the small 
 dock 
 | for the kids to use! 
 | Thanks for any help you can give me. 
 | 
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