Hull loose when you hit the exterior of the hull

[JohnB]

esoxesox,
I had the same experiance with my sceptre and pretty much did the same thing you did.
It only took about a day to do the whole thing. Once that thing gets put back together with
5200, it's not coming apart again. I was really suprised how poorly they had done this at
the factory. They had used silicone which had shrank and seperated about 50% of the
way all around. In heavy seas I was getting water in everywhere, and it was not sounding
too good either. I would pull the rub rail off from any SeaCraft I would own in the future
and inspect it. IMHO, the transoms and this problem are the 2 structural achilles heels
of the boats as best I can tell. Luckily, this is a relatively easy/cheap fix. The other is not.
Anyone know what they are doing with the "new" boats. Mine is an 89 and had this problem.