Boat Repair Jobs
Below are photos of repair jobs that I have completed. I have seen many other boat repair web sites that only show before & after photos. I don’t feel that that’s the best way to pick a fiberglass repair person. I truly believe that the most important part of the repair process is HOW the job gets done. This could be the difference between you having an enjoyable ride back to your dock, or your swimming back to your dock.
One of my customers that owned a bayliner boat discovered a hole on the bottom of the boat. He gave it to the marina to fix the hole and was very happy with the job. The repair looked great and had a fresh coat of bottom paint. About a month later he decided to go fishing with his kids on the boat for the first outing since the repair. As they were all sitting on the bow casting their rods, feet hanging over the side and just enjoying the day they started to notice that their toes where getting wet. Something was wrong. The father climbed into the boat from the bow and when he looked into the cabin he saw it was filled with water and all of his equipment was floating around. He immediately grabbed the life jackets, he though the boat was going down.
He started up the boat and raced to a nearby marina . He then contacted me and asked me to check it out. I found that the other repair shop fixed the hole in the bottom with auto putty. The auto putty popped right out of the hole. They didn’t even grind the area for it to stick. What’s bad about auto putty is that it has talc in it, which it expands when it gets wet, and then most of the time it falls out. I explained to him how I would do the repair correctly. He was glad that he found me and I had a new customer. Through the years he has brought three other boats in for me to repair.
This is a perfect example of why I tell you to make sure that your fiberglass repairman takes photos of the whole repair process. If he says it’s too much time and he can’t, then I suggest you to walk away and find someone else. If it’s too much effort to take a photo, how much time do you think he’ll put into your boat to repair it the right way? Check out some of the boats that I have repaired below.
Water Taxi Belly Pan
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About eight years ago, I did a repair job for a company called Statue Cruises. They own a water taxi, which is used to ferry people back and forth between New Jersey and New York. Running a water taxi on the Hudson River on a regular basis puts a lot of abuse on the boat. With waves constantly hitting the hull, to docking the boat at the New York piers where...
Prysmian Group Electrical Fiberglass Tubes
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A company called Prysmian Group had a huge electrical interconnection transmission link project going on, called "The Hudson Transmission Project." They got in touch with me about helping them out with a problem they incurred, after receiving some fiberglass capsules...
Catalina Sailboat Transom Cracks
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This is a Catalina Sailboat 380. Over the years, the owner was taking care of transom cracks himself (you'll be able to see the cracks in the photos that follow). The owner would notch out the cracks, fill them in, and the next year they would come back. Also, below...
Hunter Sailboat Paint Job
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When I spray paint a boat, it's not your typical paint job. You see, many shops will sand the hull and spray two coats of color, then rip off the masking paper and consider it done. But my process involves several additional steps, which incldue sanding the hull, applying an epoxy...
Hunter Sailboat Side Damage
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This is about a Hunter Sailboat that was in an accident with another sailboat. One day, a Hunter Sailboat was sitting at the dock minding its own business, while another sailboat was pulling into the dock, when all of a sudden, the owner of the second sailboat lost control...
Meridan Yachts Swim Platform Repair
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He couldn't see any physical damage to the swim platform. But he felt the problem when he stepped on it. The port side of the swim platform with the non-skid surface felt like an oil can, and when he stepped on it, the platform descended about...
Strut Repair Job 50Ft. Cruisers
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This is a 50 Ft. Cruisers that hit some rocks. The Strut & Prop took the main hit. The inside area that the strut is attached to was cracked. From the photos you can see that the inside area didn't look too bad. When the Insurance adjuster came to check out the boat, they said that they would pay only for laying fiberglass over the area that was damaged and use longer bolts to attach the new strut. I took some Infrared photos...
Engine Conversion Job
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Here is another job that I enjoyed doing. This boat had a gas twin 4 cylinder engine with outdrives mounted to it. The owner wanted to put a single diesel with an outdrive unit on it. He asked if I could replace the rotten transom and also remove the single engine mounting block and install two mounting blocks for the new diesel motor. I said no problem...
Bow Thruster Installation
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True World Marine contacted me and asked If I could install a Bow Thruster on one of their 28 Ft. Sport fisherman Boats. I agreed and they invited me to the there Factory to show me a Bow Thruster that they had previously had someone else install. I couldn’t believe what I saw. The Bow Thruster was installed crooked...
MerCruiser Skeg Repair
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I can repair any make of Outboard, Inboard & Outboard Skegs. A customer got in touch with me about repairing a Skeg on a MerCruiser Outdrive. I told him no problem; it'll look like new again. He then told me that he hit some rocks underwater and broke the skeg off completely. I have seen many shops repair skegs and every time that I've seen one repaired you know it was repaired. Now check out my repair procedure...
Step Fabrication
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Here's another job that True World Marine asked me to do. They wanted me to fabricate a step out of fiberglass for a boat that one of their customers brought. The first step into the cabin was about 16" down, and it was difficult getting into the cabin. After I fabricated the step the company officials came down and were very impressed with my work. They wanted me to make a mold of the step or have me to start casting them up for their company...