Fiberglass boat bottom / hull repair with Sacramento Boat Repair. Due to the nature of boating activities, fiberglass boat bottoms often have collisions with unseen underwater hazards. Boat bottom or hull fiberglass repair must be strong as the boat bottom does double duty. First, the fiberglass boat bottom must be water tight to enable a boat to float. Second, the fiberglass boat bottom must be both strong and flexible to withstand intense impact and vibration stresses. A boat going across the water at 30mph and hitting waves spaced every two feet will be impacting waves at the rate of 22 wave impacts per second. This creates tremendous stress and vibration so all fiberglass repairs must be done to achieve 100% of the original strength without creating any “hard spots”. The gel coat must be applied properly to keep it from peeling off while the boat is in service due to cavitation or water pressure and friction.
Here at Sacramento Boat Repair the owner has 48 years of fiberglass boat building and fiberglass boat repair. The newest employee has been with Sacramento Boat Repair 18 years and has done fiberglass repair for more than 25 years. You are assured of the top skilled marine composite repair specialist in the Sacramento region for all your fiberglass boat repair needs.
All underwater collision photos shot on premises at our Sacramento, Ca boat shop.
Boat Bottom Repairs Before
Rock collision damage to fiberglass and gelcoat at the keel of this Sea Ray boat.
Boat Bottom Repairs After
Boat removed from trailer, and fiberglass and gelcoat repairs completed.
A 26 foot boat ran aground. Bottom collision damage resulted in fracturing and gouging to the fiberglass bottom.
The boat is removed from trailer. The bottom fiberglass is ground feathering back a large surface and a inner surface mold set up. Fiberglass is then applied to develop proper lamination’s for stiffness, strength and flexibility. Sanded and then gelcoat is applied. This is then sanded with multiple grits of sandpaper for smoothness. Then the gel coat is buffed to a high gloss.
This boat grounded on the starboard chine against a rock. Fiberglass repairs are in process. Trailer is masked off and the damaged fiberglass was ground away, and new fiberglass laminate has been applied.
Fiberglass is then sanded smooth. Sanding and blending and area is followed by a color match and gel coat sprayed onto surface. A final color sanding is followed by buffing.
Sea Ray boat hit an underwater obstruction on Folsom Lake. The collision tore a large section of fiberglass off the bottom. This boat hit the underwater bridge on the South Fork in Folsom Lake.
The Sea Ray was removed from trailer. The broken fiberglass removed and the edges ground with a low angle bevel. New layers of fiberglass were added. Gelcoat color matched and applied with sanding and buffing to blend back in with original finish.
Hard underwater collision severely damaging the bottom.
Boat was removed from the trailer. Fiberglass in a large area was ground back and appropriate lamination was added to develop original hull thickness and shape. Hull sanded and shaped all corners sharpened. Gel color matched and blended
Bluewater boat with severe bottom collision impact. Engine was removed and fiberglass repair was done inside first. Then boat removed from trailer and fiberglass repairs were done to the outside of the bottom. Engine was put back in and the boat is done. This damage happened at Folsom Lake.
Bluewater is back on trailer and ready for service and family fun.
This wake-board boat hit a large rock underwater at Folsom Lake. Boat bottom fiberglass damage was extensive with the rudder tearing the bottom to the boat out. The boat propeller lost two blades, prop shaft bent, strut broke in two, and rudder bent and rudder box cracked.
The broken fiberglass was cut out and a mold made of the rudder bed and new fiberglass section was built back into the boat. Other scrapes in the fiberglass and gelcoat were repaired and then the boat reassembled.
This boat bottom had major fiberglass damage from underwater collision with a large rock at Folsom Lake.
The boat was removed from it’s trailer and place on stands. Bottom fiberglass ground back to good fiberglass. New laminations applied, sanded, shaped. Gelcoat color matched and applied and blended in.
Cobalt boat had a run in with a shallow sand/rock bar on Folsom Lake.
Completed fiberglass and gel coat repairs to the Cobalt boat.
The same Cobalt boat also had hull side damage to the gel coat in the two colors.
Gel coat was color matched and repaired with a invisible blend line.