Bent skeg - Page 2

Destroyer · #11 07-10-2023, 10:51 PM

Sorry about your skeg Step. Please, don't try bending the skeg back. It[ won't hurt anything leaving it the way it is. "If it ain't broke don't fix it".
Honestly, I wouldn't try it, and I used to weld for a living. Aluminum is an unforgiving biatch.

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steplift20 · #12 07-11-2023, 08:29 AM

Destroyer,I watched YouTube and watched people straighten out the skeg by tapping it with a block of wood on the opposite side, I'm not going to try to bend it I'm going to try to. Straighten it by tapping it mints not bad at all but if I could move it a 1/8 of a inch it would be pretty close, I'm going to get it repaired in the fall when I stop using my boat . Someone said it will cost about $500.00 and that's with a new waster impeller put in.
What happened to spareparts? He hasn't posted anything for awhile. Hope he is ok.

Destroyer · #13 07-11-2023, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by steplift20

Destroyer,I watched YouTube and watched people straighten out the skeg by tapping it with a block of wood on the opposite side, I'm not going to try to bend it I'm going to try to. Straighten it by tapping it mints not bad at all but if I could move it a 1/8 of a inch it would be pretty close, I'm going to get it repaired in the fall when I stop using my boat . Someone said it will cost about $500.00 and that's with a new waster impeller put in.
What happened to spareparts? He hasn't posted anything for awhile. Hope he is ok.

Spare is ok. He's had some personal issues that are keeping him busy. Check out the "Off topic" section, look for his "Life happens" thread for more info.

As to the skeg, if you're going to have it fixed in the fall, why bother to take the risk straightening it now? Seriously, it won't hurt anything leaving it alone for now.

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steplift20 · #14 07-11-2023, 03:10 PM

Your right destroyer, why try to fix it now when I'm going to get it repaired in the near future
Your right. Glad to hear so are is ok too
Destroyer your from nj, do you ever launch in Atlantic highlands? I do see another wellcraft out there in raritan bay a lot. Is it you?

Destroyer · #15 07-13-2023, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by steplift20

Your right destroyer, why try to fix it now when I'm going to get it repaired in the near future
Your right. Glad to hear so are is ok too
Destroyer your from nj, do you ever launch in Atlantic highlands? I do see another wellcraft out there in raritan bay a lot. Is it you?

Might be, although I rarely launch from AH. I used to launch from Leonardo all the time, but now I launch mostly from Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus and run down the Hackensack river to Newark Bay, then over to the Hudson and finally out to Sandy Hook. It sounds longer but really I think it's shorter time wise and costs less. It's miles shorter than using the GSP, no tolls that they just raised again, and no launch fees. Plus there's no Sunday afternoon traffic going home. I haven't been out for over a month now unfortunately. Too much other stuff going on at home at the moment.