I'm waiting to hear back from the local boat shop, but someone here probably has some good insight to the following: One 2 occasions, I've driven into the garage, having forgotten to take my canoe off first. I know I know; don't lecture me. It's a fiberglass (fiberlar?) Bell Wildfire. At first, it didn't appear to have any damage, like the boat had gotten squeezed, and had only received some nice paint streaks. Now I can tell there are almost symmetrical stress lines on both sides of the inside of the hull. On the outside of the hull, the gel coat is just barely cracked along parts of the stress lines. The hull does not leak. I don't know if I can just leave it alone until the gel coat gets more cracked/loose, or if it's just a gel coat thing to mess with, or if it's major glass work. Has anyone else had this happen and can give me an idea of how bad this might be? Thanks in advance. Bruce *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 07 2005 - 12:44:38 PST
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