How hard is it to damage the hull?

I have no idea, but about two weeks ago going out of Ponce Inlet (South of Daytona beach, Florida) into the Atlantic in mine, and I was not racing. I could have swore I thought the hull was going to break into two sections. (maybe 8-10 foot rollers), but Damn, Bam, Wham. I was ceratinly glad to get out of the breakwater. Whee!

Once into the Atlantic with 2-5's all seemed somewhat tame. The rest of the cruise up to Jacksonville, Florida went rather smooth. The seas calmed a bit more about 20 miles north of Daytona beach, 1- 3's probably

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@billandamy try doing that in the Open ocean in anything less than 25 ft and while ur at it put a passenger, maybe one that complains about motion sickness of his bumpy the ride is up front (life vest forsur) lol might be fun in certain lake but you sure you were they were 3-5s? I do like hitting good size waves in the ocean if you hit them just right so you land perfects like on the next one and preferably the prop doesn’t leave the water
 
My friend was driving his Searay hit a big crab pot at a high rather of speed it was spray painted black and getting dark so it was hard to see I had a metal spike like material coming out of the foam boey. Luckily it did not cause immediate noticeable damage to hull such as taking in water but one will insurance cover this and two how bad will this likely be of a scratch of gas so his full heard a thump but it didn’t sound too loud and nothing hit the prop. Also how much would a gash cost. He has black bottom paint so he’s hoping that, the paint and the hull together will prevent it from being too bad
 
I got my 240DA airborne last month. Got caught in a cross wake and tried to outrun one of them. It's a bit scary to hear the engine rev on a cruiser. Next time I am going to shut her down and get tossed. Might make a bigger mess in the cabin. But, safer for the boat.
 
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My neighbor's boating friend broke the fiberglass hull on a 30' Scarab on Lake Michigan. He was out jumping waves and separated the hull from the deck. He realized he was about to sink when water began sloshing out of the companionway into the cockpit and beached the boat. He had to walk to a nearby home so he could phone someone for a ride home. He hired an excavating company to get the boat off the beach and put it on flatbed truck to cart away. So, it can happen, but you have to question the IQ of someone who breaks a Scarab. Actually I know of another person who broke a 30' wooden Chris Craft Sea Skiff and had to beach it north of the Grand Haven pier. And, finally my dentist sunk his 30' Chris off the Grand Haven light years ago. These old wooden boats develop soft spots in the hull, often under a leaky sink in the galley or head, and rot develops. If you are not meticulous with maintenance, bad stuff happens.
 
its not the hull that gets damaged yet! but anything screwed in or glued down takes a beating, batteries dont like it, hvy fuel / water tanks dont like it... eventually the gel coat to the laminate wont like it,
 
On the opposite end of thrashing a boat I got a little to close to some large cruisers in Chattanooga Sunday while I was on plane and launched the LDII off a wake.....it came down so gracefully like it was meant to be. When the bow came up and kept going up I braced for the slap which never came..... I got lucky on that one.
 
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