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Remember these boats are hand made. The photo above shows gelcoat spider cracking that is typically found on curving or corner surfaces when it was applied too thickly and has dried out due to exposure. It is cosmetic. Detailing the gelcoat and removing the oxidation will lessen the visual sign of ...

Q5: is there any chance the Strake was not original to the boat? I don’t think so, at least the other side seemed more uniform. The side of the boat with the cracking was parked against a fence,. [Perhaps] that is causing the color difference from a shadow or reflection in the [illustration seen in...

Thanks for the info gents, I was out of the country and having trouble figuring out the pic function. Here’s a pic of the cracking. The seller said he never noticed it prior, which I admit I find a bit tough to believe.

Hi Jim, thanks for the reply. The cracking is on the uppermost strake above where it contacts the trailer. The crack extends from mainly the unpainted section to “just into” the bottom paint. Looks to be above the waterline. [For help with using the forum software, visit the forum whose topic is INT...

I am considering buying a 1997 Outrage 17—my first Boston Whaler boat. The hull has bottom paint, but looks to be in generally good shape. However, there is a section approximately two-feet-long in the “valley” below one of the strakes that is showing a discolored, yellow-brown, cracking pattern. [T...