Fiberglass/Gelcoat Repair?

[Yokes]

I am new to the Tigeowners. Bought my first boat this summer. It is a 2000 21i. There is some damage to the bottom side of the boat. I was wondering what my options are. The guy i bought the boat from said the damage has been there for many years, but he didn't use the boat very often.


Also i have some gel coat cracks around a couple of my mooring horns. Is there some way to keep this from spreading.

And some chips above my prop.


Thanks for any help.

[chpthril]

Any gel-coat repair shop can fix those and make it look good. You can do it your self with some Marine-Tex.

For the cleat.....its loose, thats probably the main cause. probably from heavy use. I would pull it, bevel the edges of all the holes. if they are wallered out, you can fill them with some epoxy and re-drill. I would also look at using a larger backing plate. Those spider cracks can also be fixed.

[WakerideN]

do you want to fix yourself of have fixed? like chpthril says many shops can fix it.. but given its a 2000 and probably all are white or most I would try myself. might needs a bit of build up on a few of those that are deep and then fill with EVERCOAT Polyester Gel-Paste and just color match it best you can. but white is by far the easiest to do.

[Yokes]

Thanks for the quick replies. I would like to try and fix it myself. I will look into the products you suggested. Thanks

[mdk681]

Task complete! Looks good from the picture you sent me Bryce

[Yokes]

Yep just thought i'd share the outcome. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I ended up using Formula 27 (Its similar to bondo)took 3 layers to get it smooth. When you run your hand across it you can't tell the difference. Took a total of about 2 1/2 hours. I also did a couple other dings in the hall back by the prop.

[Formulaz]

Looks great!

I have a few of those to do myself..

Of more concern though is the port bracket for the swim platform. Seems like I may need to get in there and replace some structure in the transom. I was thinking of grinding out the area to remove what I'm guessing is 'punky' wood, the maybe inject and build up with epoxy, then gelcoat?

Suggestions?