Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
Hey Guy's
So I went for a drive south this weekend to look at some used boats. I think I found the perfect boat for a good price it's very clean the motors are in perfect shape.....but on the gunnel above the bump rail there is an area which has a lot of very fine spider cracks about 4 in high and 30 inches long which radiate from a central zone which clearly indicates that either the boat hit something or was hit by something. The guy said he bought the boat with the damage. I have read a lot of stuff on the internet and on this site about stress cracking in the gel coat due to boat warping and other things but this definitely damage cause by a strike . Obviously I am going to have a surveyor look at the area to judge if there is any structural damage which I think would kill the deal for me. But if it turns out be purely cosmetic gel coat damage would you still buy the boat? Is something like that repairable to the point that you wouldn't see it anymore? If you where to buy the boat how much do you think it should effect the value of the boat?
Capt'n Marty
So I went for a drive south this weekend to look at some used boats. I think I found the perfect boat for a good price it's very clean the motors are in perfect shape.....but on the gunnel above the bump rail there is an area which has a lot of very fine spider cracks about 4 in high and 30 inches long which radiate from a central zone which clearly indicates that either the boat hit something or was hit by something. The guy said he bought the boat with the damage. I have read a lot of stuff on the internet and on this site about stress cracking in the gel coat due to boat warping and other things but this definitely damage cause by a strike . Obviously I am going to have a surveyor look at the area to judge if there is any structural damage which I think would kill the deal for me. But if it turns out be purely cosmetic gel coat damage would you still buy the boat? Is something like that repairable to the point that you wouldn't see it anymore? If you where to buy the boat how much do you think it should effect the value of the boat?
Capt'n Marty