by wayne kevin » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:51 pm
Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it.
I can't take a picture, because I'm not near the boat now. But I do have an inspection panel on the siding above the bench seat, which gives me a clear view at the inside of the hull directly where the hit occurred. There's a little evidence of a vertical line where the other boat's bow hit--nothing torn, just a very slight discoloration in an otherwise smooth section of glassed cloth--and of course, above that, where the hull-deck seam connects to the railing deck, the two small (half-inch) tears that start at the seam and go down on the hull on each side of that slight discoloration.
But I can get through the port to the inside of the hull and hull seam. In fact, the hull was slightly dented and I pushed it out so that now the side of my hull from the outside looks straight and clean, except for those two small fractures which came from the bow of the other boat. So I figure I can perhaps clamp and glass the seam, then even put a bit of cloth over the discoloration.
What about the stiffness of the hull? It seems the blow was absorbed where the damage occurred.
Any hints regarding fiberglassing the seam would help.
Thanks again!