Hull Soft Spot?

(zacky) · (zacky) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 04-08-2007, 10:05 PM

I was looking at a new boat the other day and I noticed something I had never noticed on a boat before. When I pushed on the side of the hull, there was about a 3'x 2' area that had a good amount of flex maybe about a 1/4" . The opposite side of the boat did not have this flex. Has anybody else ever experienced this? If so, is this an item of concern?

(266crownlinebr)

Sounds like a bubble in the fiberglass or delamination of some kind.. I would stay away from that. What manufacture?

(zacky) · (zacky) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 04-09-2007, 9:45 AM

No, I've seen bubbles and delamination. This was different. I would best compare it to waxing a car door/hood. When you press too hard you can feel it flex. Only, I was not pressing that hard against the side of the boat...

(malibuboarder75)

What year/model?

(jovedawake) · (jovedawake) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 04-09-2007, 10:59 AM

I always push on hulls when I go to a boat show. And these are the boats I stay away from.

Is it a huge concern? Maybe or maybe not.

I believe it certainly shows how solid or not solid the construction of a boat is.

(liquidmx) · (liquidmx) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 04-09-2007, 12:16 PM

I have done the same thing Mavy. Some flex more, others flex less, but they all flex a little bit except for the Epic (at least the one I pushed on). I rocked the junk out of that thing, lol. IMHO its pretty typical for the hull to flex right underneath the driver and passenger windshield areas.

(zacky) · (zacky) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 04-09-2007, 6:30 PM

Matt's right. It was flexing on the side of the hull, right underneath the driver's side windshield area. The passenger's side felt pretty solid. It was a 2007 model. I won't name the manufacturer because that was not the purpose of the thread...

bocephus 04-09-2007, 9:18 PM

I take the 5th....

(Message edited by bocephus on April 09, 2007)

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 04-09-2007, 10:59 PM

quote:
I take the 5th....

I guess you mean you plead the 5th?

(zacky) · (zacky) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 04-09-2007, 11:28 PM

Bocephus- I want to hear what you have to say. Please send me an e-mail if you do not want to post it...