Gel Coat

[jjaco]

No Mo Gel'n

[RM_RXP]

Tell me more!...what happened?

[jjaco]

we were out racing 2/3 into a race when the boat went left & slowed 500 to 600 rps @ the time i did not know what broke was able to finish the race (2ed overall) got it on the trailer to find all that gel coat was gon

the boat has about 120 hr & lots of stres cracks

[CRAZEDRXP]

UMMMM WHAT????? Could u make yourself a lil more clear ?? casue u just confused the hell outta me

[Green Hulk]

His boat had alot of stress cracks and 120 hours use on it.
He was riding on his ski when suddenly it dropped 500 or 600 RPM's due to a huge chunk of gelcoat flaking off

[RM_RXP]

DAMN!
That's gotta SUCK!!!

[Therock]

I can see stress marks on my hull. No cracks. Should i contact my dealer?

[jjaco]

Yes! and do a real close inspection. if you do get any chips and knicks repair them right away, supposedly that will prevent the jell coat from coming off. My Boat actually had a crack 7 ft up from the stern right where the hull is reinvorced allowing the bow to flex and I think that is right where the problem started.
Thanks Green Hulk for clearing up my heiroglyphics.

[MikeTrin]

my dealer won't do anything for stress cracks. I have a few on mine and the gtx-sc.

[way2fast]

Your ski looks like it had the gelcoat applied to the inside of the mold, and a layer of glass or two put down, then someone either took a lunch break or the weekend off and continued with the layup when they returned !! I would bring it to your dealer and demand a new hull. Unless you ran it up onto a concrete ramp damage such as this in not the norm.

Richard

www.hpmarineltd.com