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Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1118

Took the boat out this morning, was on the water about an hour and the bilge pump kicked on. What the heck? that's never happened before, the boat always has been very dry.

It ran and ran. Started looking around the boat and for some reason lifted the lid to the baitwell. The plastic tub insert is split all the way across the bottom. I'm pumping water into the baitwell and then straight into the bilge where it gets pumped overboard. Surprised

This is gonna be expensive. I see no way to fix the tub and removing it means cutting a rather large hole in the deck. Looks like I'm going to spend tomorrow getting estimates.
I'm wondering if it will cheaper just having them glass over the hatch and do without one. Crying or Very sad

shallowsport · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:39 pm Post subject:

If you need fiberglass work, I would highly recommend , Adam Stoner of Stoner Boat Works, in Flour Bluff.

Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1118

Predapex · Horse Mullet Joined: 06 Sep 2013 Posts: 181

Make it an ice chest. Bait well on an inshore boat is a waste of space.

Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1118

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speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

cdhknives · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 03 Aug 2012 Posts: 297

Mine was fiberglass, but a good patch of Marine Tex took care of it. It is worth a try before spending the big bucks on a shop. I just wallowed out the crack with a thin file, filled the crack and skimmed the edges with MarineTex.
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chuck · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:50 am Post subject:

if it's not too big, you can go by a place that sells surf boards and buy a fiberglass repair / patch kit, comes with cloth & resin, pretty easy to do

Refish529 · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject:

If you are in Austin check with Mcneill Marine in Volente does most of the dealers work Brian is a good guy. There is another new shop in Pflugerville Shoreline Boat and RV they have the cleanest, fanciest boat repair shop I have ever seen and they have a quick turnaround.

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:02 pm Post subject:

cdhknives · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 03 Aug 2012 Posts: 297

I've used MarineTex on synthetic gunstocks (bedding jobs) and poly gas tanks and it stuck to them both just fine...with good prep. The main problem with adhesion to some plastics is surface finish (rough it up with 120 grit sandpaper) and contamination (wipe it down with acetone and a clean rag). Even if it isn't a perfect seal, a few drops an hour is trivial in a boat. You just have to stop the flood.
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