Grady white 232 - Delamination

[Derby]

At the end of the season this year when i was pulling the boat i did a quick walk around and Im always checking the hull and notice the back starboard side was super flexible. I had a hard hit on that side about 4 season ago did a quick fix and now it was super soft.. Called extreme Fiberglass and they were able to get it in last week and to date there service has been great. Looks like the wood core has rotted out.

 

[Rain City]

At the end of the season this year when i was pulling the boat i did a quick walk around and Im always checking the hull and notice the back starboard side was super flexible. I had a hard hit on that side about 4 season ago did a quick fix and now it was super soft.. Called extreme Fiberglass and they were able to get it in last week and to date there service has been great. Looks like the wood core has rotted out.
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Holy jebus

 

[Bifmalibu]

Bad luck. Hopefully it doesn't go beyond what the pictures show.

 

[Brando]

Is this covered under insurance?

 

[chille51]

Jesus, sorry to hear that.

 

[Aces]

Yikes!

 

[chris73]

Wow! Didn't know there are fg boats that have wood in the sides of the hull!

 

[wildthing]

Don't let Myles see that ..... sugar that hurts

 

[Corey_lax]

I don’t know **** about f@ck but it looks like they cut out most of the boat. At some point, doesn’t it make sense to separate the two halves of the hull and tackle it from the inside?

 

[Derby]

Is this covered under insurance?

it maybe could just chose not to run it .

 

[Derby]

Yikes!

that too

 

[Derby]

I don’t know **** about f@ck but it looks like they cut out most of the boat. At some point, doesn’t it make sense to separate the two halves of the hull and tackle it from the inside?

Easier access on the outside

 

[Derby]

 

[Jegermiester]

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That's quite the transformation, appears to be excellent work by those two gents!!

 

[Sea Chaser]

That's quite the transformation, appears to be excellent work by those two gents!!

X2

 

[Rayvon]

What material is the core,it doesn't look like balsacore?

 

[brutus]

I don’t know **** about f@ck but it looks like they cut out most of the boat. At some point, doesn’t it make sense to separate the two halves of the hull and tackle it from the inside?

Extreme has fixed my buddy’s boat a few times from log hits, he runs the same waters as Derby, he’s in line for another fix now( he hit a log in August ) they do amazing work, if I ever have structural repairs I can’t handle I would pick them to fix it. I am sure @Derby will be pleased

 

[mikep]

Put new core in, glass it back up. Fair it out, match the gel and spray the whole side. Not a cheap solution but better than any other option. Make grady great again Deryk! Ps. I'm surprised they core the hulls on the 232. I know our 228 wasn't cored. I know the bigger expresses are cored and they have issues. To bad they didn't use a closed cell foam.

 

[seabeyond]

Put new core in, glass it back up. Fair it out, match the gel and spray the whole side. Not a cheap solution but better than any other option. Make grady great again Deryk! Ps. I'm surprised they core the hulls on the 232. I know our 228 wasn't cored. I know the bigger expresses are cored and they have issues. To bad they didn't use a closed cell foam.

The 330 was well known for this issue

 

[mikep]

Yes my buddy was looking at one. There was a big part of the hull which flexed badly. Rotten balsa.