H. Melville
New Member
Hi Guys,
I just purchased a used sunfish, I'm not sure of the year I think a '73, '74. I took her out a few times and noticed she was taking on some water. I dock the boat and heard it was going to be raining the next few days and figured I wouldn't let her fight a two front war of water so dragged her off the dock.
Now there was some water in there before, but by the time I got the boat out there must have been 5 gallons or more! There is a crack in the back inspection port cap so I'm hoping most of that came in when the back cap was submerged from lifting the boat out .
The boats out and the water has been dumped so now it was time to fix the problem. I noticed my foam blocks were a little loose and I had some spider cracks on the bottom of the hull. I had previously sprayed the bottom with flex seal and treated it with a crack cure on the bad spider cracks, but now I covered every little crack and ding with marine Goop. I have to say the Goop is phenomenal it goes on like gel and dries like plastic. I sealed the area around both sides of my drain plug and all cracks. I then bought a waterproof sealing/caulking foam spray. I used that to support my foam blocks and line the underside of my footwell because I noticed some separation.
I'm putting her back in the water today. Does anyone have any other suggestions on places I could plug up/ where that much water could be coming in? If this works I'd have to suggest this method, my total cost for repairs was $40. Although i definitely overpaid for the boat :/
I just purchased a used sunfish, I'm not sure of the year I think a '73, '74. I took her out a few times and noticed she was taking on some water. I dock the boat and heard it was going to be raining the next few days and figured I wouldn't let her fight a two front war of water so dragged her off the dock.
Now there was some water in there before, but by the time I got the boat out there must have been 5 gallons or more! There is a crack in the back inspection port cap so I'm hoping most of that came in when the back cap was submerged from lifting the boat out .
The boats out and the water has been dumped so now it was time to fix the problem. I noticed my foam blocks were a little loose and I had some spider cracks on the bottom of the hull. I had previously sprayed the bottom with flex seal and treated it with a crack cure on the bad spider cracks, but now I covered every little crack and ding with marine Goop. I have to say the Goop is phenomenal it goes on like gel and dries like plastic. I sealed the area around both sides of my drain plug and all cracks. I then bought a waterproof sealing/caulking foam spray. I used that to support my foam blocks and line the underside of my footwell because I noticed some separation.
I'm putting her back in the water today. Does anyone have any other suggestions on places I could plug up/ where that much water could be coming in? If this works I'd have to suggest this method, my total cost for repairs was $40. Although i definitely overpaid for the boat :/