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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner
A boat that has been crashed into piling and such will be busted up along the gunnels where the rub rail is. I have had a few of those. My center console had a lot of spider cracks in the gel on the hull where the sister stringers were tabbed onto the side of the hull and midship on the liner where the floor meets the side. I can confirm it was beat on by the previous owner. I believe gelcoat cracking is just a fact of life for most boats. Some boats are worse than others and not necessarily price dependent. FL Fish and Wildlife purchased a bunch of Hewes Pathfinders, they did not fair very well but then again, they were beat on, more than most.. My buddy bought a Century Bay Boat and it has a few spider cracks after about 4 years. My Whaler is 11 years old and it has a few in the area around the swim ladder and around the mounts for the t-top. The last 33 Ocean Master I was aboard was a cracked up mess.
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And from what I read, properly fixing stress cracks is only temporary as they will surely come back...I agree w/the statement; "fact of life for fiberglass boats"...