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Whopper, I'm hoping you just lost some gelcoat. I also have a 73 cuddy that I have owned since 1985, I had some cracks appear on the bottom and some gelcoat come off back in 89. really found the problem when I started taking on some water through the cracks. Turned out the stringers were rotten (along with the transom). You may want to take your fist and pound around the bottom of your hull and make sure it is solid. If you here anything (may be chunks of rotten stringers) rattling around you might have some issues... I had to have mine pulled apart and new stringers put in, and fully encapsulated in resin, unlike the originals which were only glassed up the sides. Has anyone else with older V-20's delt with this issue? I plan to post pics of the process when I find them, plan to look this weekend.