Nice crack I just found on the keel...

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Ha Yamtt;

One of the things I and many of the other guys on this sight have done and practice all the time is to always do the job Better and Stronger than the original Seacraft’s were built. Not that the boat was built poorly originally but to simply improve at a little “kick it up a notch”. The boat might not have been ½ inch thick originally but look what has happened. It was either sanded of by beaching over ruff terrain, or the boat hit a object under the water like a rock or a tree. By over building, If it is that in this area is a safety practice. You could either build up the keel from the eye cleat all the way back to the center of the boat with four then two inch strips of glass and then just filler in form the old hull gelcoat into the new keel thickness. Cosmetically you would not notice and now you got more glass there. If you go in from the inside you could build up from the inside and your ½” thick that way.


FellowShip
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[Gary Hill]

FELLOW-SHIP is right and excellant instructions, yeas ago I fixed the kell in a boat and asked the right people on how to do it outside (I did turn the boat over, and the metod they recommended was to go .eight times the the size of the crack

[Yamtt125]

sorry about not responding, i went away for the weekend...

I've decided to temporarily fix it from the exterior, then next winter when i redo the deck with plasteak and possible put the gas tank under the deck, i will correctly fix it from the inside.
I think it will be fine for the one summer, but does anybody think it will not hold up for the one season as long as i'm gentle with her?
I'f I had plenty of time, then i would do it, but i'm so pressed for time because i have to finish transome, console, and paint her, new components everywhere in about a month, while working full time....but it'll get done. I'll make sure i do everything the right way, no half-a$$ stuff.

Thanks for all the advice guys...i'll start on it as soon as i'm done sanding all the bottom paint off.

-andrew

[Yamtt125]

Does anybody know if gelcoat can be applied to quick fair or should i stick with a poly based fairing compound? When I regel coat the bottom, i plan on using the interlux epoxy primer to seal it.