Dungee
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
So... at the beginning of this year while changing trailer bearing I found some deep scratches just above and forward of where one of our trailer bunks end. Come to find out a small piece of gravel/rock had somehow wedged itself into the carpet on top of the bunk and for however long it had been there had been terrorizing the bottom of the boat. Have gone all year without doing anything to it, none of the gouges/scratches are worrisome to me depth wise/structure wise. Today I re positioned the bunks to fully expose the damaged area, I also put about a foot long extra carpeted section on the top of each bunk.
My question for you guys is what would you guys do? I can ignore it as it’s on the hull and not obviously visible, but it’s ugly, and I’d like to at least put new paint over those spots. Should I do anything beyond that? Find a filler for some areas? Take it into a body shop? Just do it myself? If I could do something myself has anyone found stuff that works well? Fillers, sanding method etc etc? If the best option is to just leave it alone and not potentially cause more harm in fine with that, it still catches fish. Thanks again.
Preston
Oh FYI, aluminum boat, Crestliner, area of concern probably a foot and half, one spot in horizontal direction.

My question for you guys is what would you guys do? I can ignore it as it’s on the hull and not obviously visible, but it’s ugly, and I’d like to at least put new paint over those spots. Should I do anything beyond that? Find a filler for some areas? Take it into a body shop? Just do it myself? If I could do something myself has anyone found stuff that works well? Fillers, sanding method etc etc? If the best option is to just leave it alone and not potentially cause more harm in fine with that, it still catches fish. Thanks again.
Preston
Oh FYI, aluminum boat, Crestliner, area of concern probably a foot and half, one spot in horizontal direction.



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