Daniel, I don't know about the repair, but my 17 also ends up several inches short of the roller when I load on a steep ramp. Fortunately, someone told me to put some soap on the bottom bunk before retrieving, and tap the brakes smartly in the parking lot when I have the boat on; the boat slides forward against the roller. Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla On Apr 3, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Daniel Rich wrote:
Montypals:
OK, many of you have seen my video about my maiden voyage in M15 #208. Thanks for all the nice comments.
Now, when I got her back on the trailer, I didn't get her all the way forward like I should have, She was about 2-3 inches short of the bumper. So, when driving home over potholed Sonoma county roads, she jostled around and caused a bit of damage to the bow. The spot is above the pad eye where the hook goes to hold her to the trailer. It is about 1 inch by say 1/2 inch of damage. The gelcoat is sort of bashed off to expose some underlying fiberglass. There is no hole or crack. Structurally it is fine. So, what would be a simple way to repair this? I don't need it to be too cosmetically perfect. The boat is from 1982! Epoxy? Marinetex? Thoughts here?
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