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Swamped the Airslot
Came back from fishing in the Sea of Cortez, tied up to our friends mooring buoy...cooked up a batch of triggerfish fish tacos...couple of cervezas and bed time...
.awake the next morning to the sunrise, sipping on coffee...I notice that I cant see the red stripe on my 74 Airslot 185 OB...in fact I can only see half of the Wellcraft "W"...hmmm taking on water???. I wake up my fishing buddies...we swim out to the boat and its FULL...floating OK but FULL to the gunwales...bilge pump is on...we start bailing, get it unhooked from the mooring and beach it on the sand. We get all the gear out and eventually all the water. We find the culprit: 8 in x 1/4 gash in the port "sponson". We get that patched up enough to tow it around to the estuary and get it back on the trailer. What do I need to be doing next...the 88 140 Rude was in the up tilt position. I opened the bow hatch and under dash flaps...its sitting in a dry Baja garage until I can get back to tow it home at the end of the month. I put a lot of sweat and tears into rehabbing the old girl....The engine started in fast idle but would stay running. So plan is to drain fuel...repair gash (epoxy or poly resin?)...what else am I missing here....stringers ...foam...transom? Any issues with motor? 
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