Mooring a 272 sailfish

[peter devine]

Hi, I am very concerned with an issue I found on my boat the other day while boating to the transient dock as my mooring company calls it.
History: I polished this this boat from fore to aft this winter and found a few flaws from previous owners (to be expected as mine is a 1997) There were no major gel coat issues as I inspected in my yard. I was assigned a mooring that was not ready when we had already made arrangements to meet at a specific time. I was instructed to moor at a temporary mooring which I did. I said to the shuttle person I do not want anyone touching/moving my boat. (I have had issues in the past with yardmen who just could care less!) WELL, they moved my boat and I have a tension abrasion like I never saw before. Under the Port fore cleat it looks as if there was so much stress it literally left an impression in the gel coat and actually made a 1/2" cresent size mark. What concerns me is it went through the gel coat and it is now exposed. After surmising the damage I ask myself is how thick is the gel coat? This flaking is say 4 pieces of printer paper thick? Seems thin to me? I would think it would be thicker than that. Thanks. Peter

 

[freddy063]

sent a picture of it, I guess I don't understand what happen.

 

[BobP]

Gelcoat is very thin, less than 1/8 inch, but the glass underneath or wood under that may have had a void, or if no void was just then overloaded.

However, you can take the 4 bolts out and recaulk holes. Check the bolts to see if bent or stretched, may want new hardware anyway.
If the glass is cracked or crushed, will have to take care of it and seal it.

I'm like you, unless no other option, nobody moves my boat (or car) except me.