douglee25
Well-Known Member
Well round 2.... Here we go again. First boat a 400EC failed survey due to a wet stringer.
I increased my budget and went to a nicer looking and well maintained 2000 380 DA. We started with the out of water survey first today. We started sounding the hull and found an area that sounded off to both of us. The surveyor and I even called the shop onsite that specializes in fiberglass repair for their input.
There are no penetrations in this area of the hull. It's a SERF HIN, so it should be solid cored below the water line. The area in question is right at the front of the bow. There are zero stress cracks, no softness, no flexing, nothing. The fiberglass guy looked down the strake and it's perfectly straight. It doesn't 'appear' to have been repaired ever, and again, such an odd place?
The guys agreed to leave it out of the water for 1-2 days to really dry it out in order to come back and see if a moisture reading would tell any further story by doing a comparison with surrounding areas. Of course IF it was my boat they could grind into the area to see if it is wet and or possibly just a dry layout due to lack of resin.
Any thoughts how to proceed? Check out this video and listen for yourself.
[video]https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0nwr41uw4wjayr/13326.3gp?dl=0[/video]
I increased my budget and went to a nicer looking and well maintained 2000 380 DA. We started with the out of water survey first today. We started sounding the hull and found an area that sounded off to both of us. The surveyor and I even called the shop onsite that specializes in fiberglass repair for their input.
There are no penetrations in this area of the hull. It's a SERF HIN, so it should be solid cored below the water line. The area in question is right at the front of the bow. There are zero stress cracks, no softness, no flexing, nothing. The fiberglass guy looked down the strake and it's perfectly straight. It doesn't 'appear' to have been repaired ever, and again, such an odd place?
The guys agreed to leave it out of the water for 1-2 days to really dry it out in order to come back and see if a moisture reading would tell any further story by doing a comparison with surrounding areas. Of course IF it was my boat they could grind into the area to see if it is wet and or possibly just a dry layout due to lack of resin.
Any thoughts how to proceed? Check out this video and listen for yourself.
[video]https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0nwr41uw4wjayr/13326.3gp?dl=0[/video]