Hello. I just found this group lastnight researching what to do with
the cracks I have in my sunfish. It had been sitting out side, in
what I thougth was a covered area since the begining of this past
winter. Went to move it yesterday and found it was full of water.
The ingress point was two cracks in the cockpit. One about 4", the
other about 1.5'. While trying to manuver the boat to get the water
out, the hull came to rest on part of the trailer which put a 1' crack
in it directly under the storage area, which helped greatly in
draining the hull.
I will be attempting the repair myself.
I have found several writeups on how to repair hole, where you cut it
out than use mat, roving and resin to seal it back up. But is that to
be used for cracks as well?
Besides the repair I will be installing two inspection ports to help
dry it out.
Also, once I repair the cracks, how do I replace the Gel coat? Would
it be possible for me to redo all the gel coat on the hull?
-Chris
