Boat Repair

[dancinbear57]

A roller on my friends roller bunk trailer come off loading his boat, Put a hole in the boat about the size of a pencil eraser, plus a gouge about 2 feet long. Asking for ideas how to repair. thanks

[lund rebel]

A roller on my friends roller bunk trailer come off loading his boat, Put a hole in the boat about the size of a pencil eraser, plus a gouge about 2 feet long. Asking for ideas how to repair. thanks

Need some more info, what kind of boat, where the hole is, how old the boat is.

[dancinbear57]

The hole is on the passenger side on the bow, with about a 2 or 3 foot gouge. The boat is a 1993 Crestliner 18 ft.

[usmcpaul]

I would weld the hole, and polish/blend out the gouge and keep and eye on it.

If the gouge is super severe you could either lap patch or flush patch, or run a bead over it while you already have the welder out.

Even if you don't have a welder, it should not be too much to have a pro do it.

[fisher-1]

Careful with the welder, not to set floatation foam (inside hull) on fire.

[Opti-Mist]

This might do it.
Cabela's Aluminum Boat Patch Item:IK-010655 $6.99