Advice on boat repairs

[SeacretSailor]

After some advice. Looking to purchase a boat but it needs a repair on the bow and keel. Could those in the know please give me an approx price to repair so I either know whether it's worth offering on or how much to discount off my offer.

 

[Boathook]

Is the existing repair just covering some damaged gel coat or is there some structural damage to the grp? The cost could go from a day to a week of labour. Not the best of answers at present but the type of damage really needs to be known imho.

 

[BruceK]

As above. There will also be other costs such as headliner replacement etc if it's gone through. Whoever did that bodge job had no pride or love for his boat. I'd be looking very carefully at everything else.

 

[SeacretSailor]

Is the existing repair just covering some damaged gel coat or is there some structural damage to the grp? The cost could go from a day to a week of labour. Not the best of answers at present but the type of damage really needs to be known imho.

I'm not sure what the damage is underneath and have no way of knowing.

 

[SeacretSailor]

As above. There will also be other costs such as headliner replacement etc if it's gone through. Whoever did that bodge job had no pride or love for his boat. I'd be looking very carefully at everything else.

It's a bowrider so no headliner. But agreed utter bodge. I know it's an older gent who is selling due to ill health so maybe it was just a quick seal up job to stop weather ingress. ?

 

[Boathook]

If no headlining, internal moulding, etc and you can't see any internal damage it is likely to be only cosmetic. The problem is that you won't really know until the repairs are started. Could the seller say why the repair was done in this way?

 

[simonfraser]

put a hose pipe on it, is it leaking internally ?
if not, make a silly offer, plenty of other boats about
tricky bit is going to be finding some one to take the job on

if it does leak def walk away

 

[markc]

Maybe I'm missing something, but both repairs look like a simple GRP job. On the topsides, there is zero damage to the rubbing strake meaning that it wasn't a catastrophic impact. Also damage on the bow looks minimal.

 

[andy59]

looks like a straight forward repair to me, the hardest part will be the colour match. A god grp guy would easily do that in a day £300 tops.

 

[SeacretSailor]

Thanks for all the advice. Is the residue below the water line an issue? Someone suggested to me it would need the hull sanding back and could be costly.

 

[BruceK]

That's par for the course on trailer boating. Running up onto shore while you fetch the trailer. So long as it's covered and watertight I'd leave it alone, you'll be sure to add your own.

 

[James L]

Maybe I'm missing something, but both repairs look like a simple GRP job. On the topsides, there is zero damage to the rubbing strake meaning that it wasn't a catastrophic impact. Also damage on the bow looks minimal.

Same as that, I'm imagine it's mostly damaged gelcoat, there is no spider cracking away from the repair.
I wouldn't be worried about the structure of the boat, it seems purely cosmetic.
Guess it depends on the age and price of the boat, if it's an older boat I would just accept that, assuming the price is less than an immaculate example.

It'll just give you extra peace of mind that when you damage it you won't feel so bad.

 

[James L]

Thanks for all the advice. Is the residue below the water line an issue? Someone suggested to me it would need the hull sanding back and could be costly.

If you mean the remains of old growth over the antifouling, not a problem if you're going to antifoul it again, give it a good powerwash and paint over it.
If you want rid of all the antifouling, then yes it would be a pain to sand down or get it blasted, but seems like a waste of effort just to make it look slightly better on the trailer.

 

[SeacretSailor]

Thanks for all the replies - got the front repair taken back and polished out by Barry and his team at TLC Conwy. It was basically like a badly iced cake with minimal repair needed underneath. Very happy with the outcome.

 

[paulajayne]

Looks nice now.

 

[Jim@sea]

You may need to check what the boat weighs as the trailer appears not to have brakes.
I had a 14 ft Bayliner with a 25hp outboard which was only about 50 kilos below the towing weight of 750 kilos.

 

[Seastoke]

Is it the same boat with the cracks in the ski locker.

 

[stelican]

You may need to check what the boat weighs as the trailer appears not to have brakes.
I had a 14 ft Bayliner with a 25hp outboard which was only about 50 kilos below the towing weight of 750 kilos.

As jim says check out the trailer as it may not be road legal.
Pay particular attention to the hitch coupling as standard U S A coupling is larger than standard UK and have been known to detach in use

 

[Seastoke]

After some advice. Looking to purchase a boat but it needs a repair on the bow and keel. Could those in the know please give me an approx price to repair so I either know whether it's worth offering on or how much to discount off my offer.

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