Oooh the horror,, gonna make a fiberglass guy money this week....

[sdl22]

We spent the weekend out on the water. I rented a slip from one of the local marinas... I tied up the boat like normally w/ 4 dock lines, some slack but tight enough to keep the boat from bashing on either side. We got back in to the marina early sunday and found my stern port line had been cut in half. My starbord stern had rubbed all night on a metal post. I have a gash, 3" long by 1/2" right above the rub rail. In the gash you can see the brown fiberglass matting.
All around the area, it also looks like somebody took a hammer and hit around and made little gashes and took gelcoat chips out. The rub rail needs replacing along w/ the stainless insert. All the damage is above the rub rail luckily..

FiberGlass man quoted $900 parts and labor for repairs..

Is this fair??

 

[Nehalennia]

Well if you figure he's $75-$90/ hr shop rate. My WAG is that's about 6 hours + materials. Doesn't sound too outrageous...but obviously $$$ you'd rather spend on fuel.

 

[Henry Boyd]

If you do some searching there have been a bunch of posts on fiberglass repair and Spectrum Color (see the Spectrum Rocks thread as a starter).

Fiberglass is just plastic. If there are no cracks in the base fiberglass you can patch it with West System epoxy and Spectrum Gelcoat paste.

Keep in mind if it does not come out right you can still have a fiberglass guy fix it. It's not going to cost any more because it will only take about a New York minute with a grinder to clean it out. If you do try it and it works out, it sounds like you'll save yourself about $ 800.

Henry

 

[Four Suns]

I do small stuff myself... this doesn't sound like small stuff...

I had some spider cracks fixed this year and it was about 1200... the area was about 3 inches by 12 inches... Can't see them now.. However, it was a much bigger job than just sanding it down and spraying on gelcoat.

Pay the $900... it's worth it.

 

[sdl22]

I thought about it but there are cracks and you can see where the gelcoat is cracking away from the fiberglass... I dont have the tooling nor the patience to try to tackle.. I want to be sure its done correctly..


Thanks for the input:huh:

 

[Four Suns]

I thought about it but there are cracks and you can see where the gelcoat is cracking away from the fiberglass... I dont have the tooling nor the patience to try to tackle.. I want to be sure its done correctly..


Thanks for the input:huh:

Wow.. I think I was just dissed...

 

[Geurk]

With that amount of damage, and being on a colored hull, I would pay someone else to do it. I plan on doing some small amount of touchups from dock rubs and so on this year during lay up, but all of my major gouges have been taken care of by my dealership.

 

[First Born]

I would consider it a $900 lesson learned and move on, sorry to hear about it, I know you probably felt sick when you saw it.

 

[RobF300]

$900 is more then fair, the rail and insert is just about $100 in itself, of course it also needs to be drilled, sealed and installed.

I would never suggest someone to tackle colored gelcoat repairs any larger then dime sized, have it done by a pro and if you dont like it you also have the right to complain!

Just be glad its not a blue hull, your hull is easier to repair then the blue ones