Scrapes on hull

[Roger K Sterling]

Being new to boat I played bumper car with some piling and my dock lines are 50% chain. How do I repair the scuffs in the images.

 

[bobeast]

ugh. You need to have the gelcoat cut and polished. That should improve it but won't solve those scratches that go all the way through the gelcoat. In that case, you'll need to have someone lay in some new gelcoat.

Now for the elephant in the room. Dock lines should never ever never have chain attached to them. That's called an anchor line which should never be used to tie up a boat.

 

[FootballFan]

I was wondering the same thing, why chains on the docklines?

 

[highslice]

ugh. You need to have the gelcoat cut and polished. That should improve it but won't solve those scratches that go all the way through the gelcoat. In that case, you'll need to have someone lay in some new gelcoat.

Now for the elephant in the room. Dock lines should never ever never have chain attached to them. That's called an anchor line which should never be used to tie up a boat.

You beat me to the chains on the dock lines part. The entire hull needs to be cut, polished and waxed. But the parts where the fiberglass is showing. You can buy color matching gel coat from Spectrum. But, if it were me, I would find a good fiberglass shop/guy and let them do it.

 

[jmcdboater]

Ouch! Hopefully you’ve gotten rid of the chains, the damage looks troublesome enough that unless you have some experience making that kind of repair, I’d second what @highslice said and find a pro to do it.

 

[Roger K Sterling]

The dock lines are attached to my slip for the season they begin as chain and then end with braided line where is attaches to the boat.

I'll look into hiring someone to repair the gelcoat. Thanks all for the input

 

[techmitch]

The dock lines are attached to my slip for the season they begin as chain and then end with braided line where is attaches to the boat.

I'll look into hiring someone to repair the gelcoat. Thanks all for the input

Are the chains yours or the marinas?

 

[Golfman25]

The dock lines are attached to my slip for the season they begin as chain and then end with braided line where is attaches to the boat.

I'll look into hiring someone to repair the gelcoat. Thanks all for the input

WTF. Get rid of the chains. Never heard of a marina providing dock lines, let alone chained ones. Dock lines are made to "flex" and not damage your boat. Chain, not so much.

 

[Skybolt]

I think he may be describing a slip with weights and pulleys on the outer pile(s). Some people rig that kind of slip with chain from the weight to just below the pulley at low tide. Then in windy conditions the weights can sway and possibly rub the boat.

If that is not the case, the marina didn't rig a slip with anchor lines, someone else did. JMO.

 

[El Capitan]

dock / hull fenders are your friend.

Gelcoat...wet sand, polish, then have paint protection film (PPF) installed.