In article , "Gary Warner"
wrote:


YES. On my fiberglass boat I once hit a sandy bottom. I checked the bilge
and
saw no water. While running to home-dock a LOT of water entered the bilge.
I didn't notice until I slowed down to come into the dock and lots of water
ran forward. (Scarry!). Then I increased speed trying to get back to
dock before we sank. Turns out I should have gone slowly to dock because
it was the fast speed that was "pumping" the water into the crack. (End
of story: We didn't sink.)




So Gary, when you hauled your vessel out, were you able to see the crack
in the hull from your grounding? I bottom painted this beast and aside
from a few *SMALL* chips in the gel coat I could not find any cracks.