sorry blue about the bad use of words. won't happen again :-X
hey skools here is a photo before i tore it apart. you can see the crack on the left bottom and it continues up to the top of where the sheet metal piece stops. the crack is on the inside only. thank god.
i am assuming the cause of the rust is from a leaky anchor cleat on top the bow and running down the bolt for the last 20 years.
i have never worked with fiberglass is that the best fix or is there something else ???
