Ouch!!! That left a mark

[AZDANSX230HO]

Friday we met my In-Laws at the Nautical Inn for Lunch and then we were taking them out on the boat for the afternoon. As normal we put out the dock bumpers on both sides of the boat before going into the slip. As we were entering the slip some waves forced the boat over to the left side of the dock, I thought no big deal until I heard this scratching noise on the side of the boat. Well the dock was in dis-repair, a section of the rubber bumper was hanging down in the water, and a bolt head that was under the rubber was exposed and made a foot long scratch and a 4-5" scratch as well. I was sick to my stomach as I have never scratched up any of my boats over the years. Luckily I have a buddy that does fiberglass and gel coat, he is coming by the house tonight to check it out. The scratch went through the gel coat to the top layer of the fiberglass, so it should be a pretty straight forward fix. I did get with the Hotel/Restaurant to let them know this dock needs repaired, the security guy took pictures and wrote up a report, I am doubtful they will do anything about it except maybe fix the dock.

Here are some pictures of my boat and the dock.

 

[john94si]

I did the same but about 5 ft long.. it cleaned up well with a professional.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

I did the same but about 5 ft long.. it cleaned up well with a professional.

Ouch, glad it fixed up well.

 

[Zarrella]

Dan,
I know that seeing that sucks! I think I would hit it with a Sharpie until you get it fixed....might hurt less to look at.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

Dan,
I know that seeing that sucks! I think I would hit it with a Sharpie until you get it fixed....might hurt less to look at.

I actually thought about that Lol.

 

[Bruce]

A $30 bottle of Spectrum color paste, a few beers and a couple of quick visits from your friend should make her look new again.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

A $30 bottle of Spectrum color paste, a few beers and a couple of quick visits from your friend should make her look new again.

Thanks @Bruce I think I will go that route.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

Just ordered (2) Matching Yamaha Black & (1) Matching Yamaha White just to keep around for future use if needed. After reading more about it, I will make the repair myself, it's looks pretty straight forward and I have tons of different grits of wet sanding paper in my garage.

 

[Bruce]

The spectrum paste expires pretty quickly and there is plenty for multiple repairs in one bottle.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

The spectrum paste expires pretty quickly and there is plenty for multiple repairs in one bottle.

Was not sure if one bottle was enough so I ordered two, Iboats.com had it on sale for $ 24.95 each, so I figured having some extra around would be good.

 

[su laxplayer21]

Ughhhhhh that is the worst.... I am sorry man! I did some of my own little repairs on the white and that was pretty simple. However, matching colors would def be more challenging.

 

[Bruce]

Ughhhhhh that is the worst.... I am sorry man! I did some of my own little repairs on the white and that was pretty simple. However, matching colors would def be more challenging.

The Spectrum Paste is color matched from the factory.

 

[su laxplayer21]

The Spectrum Paste is color matched from the factory.

Color matched new, but gel coats tend to fade over the years. I am sure it won't be noticeable though.

 

[Bruce]

Color matched new, but gel coats tend to fade over the years. I am sure it won't be noticeable though.

It was remarkably close to the color of my 2007 SX230 in 2013.

 

[96Pirate]

Ohhh...hate seeing that.

I had a repair done on my black '07 and I can see a difference and they used gelcoat from Yamaha. Going to get it professionally buffed in the spring I think and see if that corrects it.

But I will be using the spectrum this fall on a couple scratches. I did some repairs on the white in the spring and that was pretty straightforward. We will see how the black goes.

Good luck.

 

[OperationROL]

Friday we met my In-Laws at the Nautical Inn for Lunch and then we were taking them out on the boat for the afternoon. As normal we put out the dock bumpers on both sides of the boat before going into the slip. As we were entering the slip some waves forced the boat over to the left side of the dock, I thought no big deal until I heard this scratching noise on the side of the boat. Well the dock was in dis-repair, a section of the rubber bumper was hanging down in the water, and a bolt head that was under the rubber was exposed and made a foot long scratch and a 4-5" scratch as well. I was sick to my stomach as I have never scratched up any of my boats over the years. Luckily I have a buddy that does fiberglass and gel coat, he is coming by the house tonight to check it out. The scratch went through the gel coat to the top layer of the fiberglass, so it should be a pretty straight forward fix. I did get with the Hotel/Restaurant to let them know this dock needs repaired, the security guy took pictures and wrote up a report, I am doubtful they will do anything about it except maybe fix the dock.

Here are some pictures of my boat and the dock.

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That sucks. Glad you "know a guy". That's always good!

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

That sucks. Glad you "know a guy". That's always good!

After talking with my buddy and a professional fiberglass guy I know that does work all over Arizona, both of them said this can be easily done by myself after looking at the pictures and knowing I purchased the Spectrum Kits, both gave me some tips on how to do it right, so I am going to get it done next week when the kits arrive.

 

[OperationROL]

After talking with my buddy and a professional fiberglass guy I know that does work all over Arizona, both of them said this can be easily done by myself after looking at the pictures and knowing I purchased the Spectrum Kits, both gave me some tips on how to do it right, so I am going to get it done next week when the kits arrive.

Im still trying to decide how to tackle these. They are not deep enough that I feel my repair would hold and too deep to buff.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

Im still trying to decide how to tackle these. They are not deep enough that I feel my repair would hold and too deep to buff.

The professional fiberglass guy told me to tape around the scratched work area, sand and scuff up the area surrounding the scratches, basically a small border next to it, then clean with either alcohol or acetone, then use the gel coat repair kit. Then he said to use a sanding block and sand with varying grits to get it to very fine with wet sanding, then buff and polish. I will do a step by step and post it on the site for others to see.

 

[Bruce]

Im still trying to decide how to tackle these. They are not deep enough that I feel my repair would hold and too deep to buff.

I believe the standard approach has been to make them deeper so you can fill them. But @AZDANSX230HO's contacts seem to have a reasonable plan. I consider @Glassman to be the expert.