heavy-chevy
Well-known member
I'v dented the front portion of the hull 3 times now going about 25mph over a decent size wake, or rough chop. it doesn't feel rough when im in the boat but every time it happens i end up having to hammer the crap out of the hull to bend it back. it crinkles the 3 v sections. i took it out yesterday and it crinkled it enough to split a 1/2" crack at the in the middle v.
yesterday went pretty badly, after we had noticed the hole we were probably 3 miles from the ramp, the battery had died so we had no bilge, and it was starting to rain... so i ran the ***** up on an oyster bar, shoveled the water out with a water bottle, plugged the hole with a cork popper and ran in wide open in the rain with 3 people on board, kinda sucked lol. i hammered it out and filled the hole with some marine tex and fiberglass chop strand and took her back out for some night fishing, and the hull pulled back in a little and i didn't even get it on a plane this time! i guess it just wants to hold its memory?
anyways, is this common? i didn't feel like i was running it that hard. do the bigger aluminum john boats have some sort of bracing in the bow area that my little 14 32 doesn't have? if so post a picture. i really don't want this to happen again, its probably getting weaker everytime i hammer it back.
yesterday went pretty badly, after we had noticed the hole we were probably 3 miles from the ramp, the battery had died so we had no bilge, and it was starting to rain... so i ran the ***** up on an oyster bar, shoveled the water out with a water bottle, plugged the hole with a cork popper and ran in wide open in the rain with 3 people on board, kinda sucked lol. i hammered it out and filled the hole with some marine tex and fiberglass chop strand and took her back out for some night fishing, and the hull pulled back in a little and i didn't even get it on a plane this time! i guess it just wants to hold its memory?
anyways, is this common? i didn't feel like i was running it that hard. do the bigger aluminum john boats have some sort of bracing in the bow area that my little 14 32 doesn't have? if so post a picture. i really don't want this to happen again, its probably getting weaker everytime i hammer it back.