Gelcoat damage from trailer!

[jtaylor601]

I realize this is an older post, but I have almost the exact same damage on a boat I purchased in October. The people I bought it from kept it in a lift on the lake, so I don't think they were trailering it too often, but some of the damage was there when I bought it and a little more has been added with the few times we have trailered it since I bought it. So I know the trailer itself is part of the issue - definitely going to be looking into a different roller to see if that helps.

How did the Gel-Coat repair end up on your boat from the pic above? Did it turn out pretty well? My boat is a 1996 in fairly good condition, but definitely not perfect (obviously from this post), so I'm not super concerned about it looking perfect, just need it to look good enough. Any tips on how to tackle the gel coat repair? products used? Was there an issue getting the stuff to no drip down the center line since it is at a weird angle? I got the normal gel coat stuff from West Marine but I also saw they had gel coat paste. Would the paste consistency be better since it is at a downward angle?

Any advice is appreciated :-)

[wake_fun]

Call up White Lake Marine and get a gel coat patch kit.
http://www.nautiqueparts.com/search....e&category=154

I used that for a little gel coat repair and it came out perfect! You cannot even tell anything was done.

[Pudder]

Im no expert but having that boat and a DHM trailer, the angle the winch strap travels is most likely the issue. If it is the same as mine the strap runs down from the winch at ~45deg then around a strip of cold roll and then travels back up at ~45 deg to the bow eye. All good on the highway as it holds the bow down good and snug. On a launch ramp if you have that strap tight before pulling the boat out, driving forward the bunks and rear of the hull come together making the strap even tighter! There would be an incredible amount of psi between the bow roller and the gel coat with the extra leverage and I'm sure would be enough force to case spaulding of the gell coat. If this is the case I would leave a bit of slack on the winch until the boat is resting completely on the trailer.