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Originally Posted by CHANCE1234
...In the last pic below you can see where the fiberglass is exposed. I don't know if it's from the washer or 40 years of use and abuse.
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Looks like maybe there were some voids in the layup between the gelcoat layer and the glass layer.
The gelcoat gets sprayed in the mold and then when the glass gets layed on top sometimes it can be tricky to get the glass to lay up right against all the gelcoat.
Especially in the nooks and crannies, like those chines. So you end up with a little bubble between the gelcoat and the glass.
The gelcoat is super thin and has no real strength of it's own so it eventually just kind of "pops" exposing the bubble.
It happens. You still see it on newer boats too.
No real harm there. I'd fill it and fair it though.