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Originally Posted by Phreshwon
While washing the boat last time I noticed that there was a 3ft long crack in my hull right under the rub rail. When I removed the rod box on the inside of the boat I saw that it was a fiberglass lap joint between the top cap and the lower hull.
Has anyone out there had this issue?
If so how did you fix it?
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When you say "3ft long crack" are you referring to an opening(no matter how small) between the cap and hull?...your second comment leads me to think so. If this is correct, then yes, I had that issue on the '74 I had. The way I fixed it was to back the upper lip of the hull w/ 1 1/2" strip of 3/4" Starboard, then replace all screws in the area of the opening which pulled everything up tight and closed the gap...what little remained, I filled in w/4200...issue resolved. There's a bit more to that procedure...if you want, I can provide more details and we might get the present owner of that hull to post up some pics...