Boat Gel Coat Stress Crack Repair
I'm looking at buying a '99 Triton SF. The owner told me there were a few minor cracks (is that an oxymoron?) in the fiberglass.I've posted pictures of the cracks as well as one of some stains (mold) on the leather to a Yahoo photo album at:They're not particularly easy to make out in the condensed size of the photo's in the album.
Gelcoat Hairline Crack Repair
If anyone's willing/interested in seeing full size pics I can email them.Would you steer clear of the boat because of the cracks? Apparently he had them checked out and was told they weren't a problem.Also, if the cracks are a cause for concern would they fall under Triton's lifetime hull warranty? The stress crack shown in the photo is caused due to the mounting hole supporting the cleat. These types of stress cracks occur when the mounting holes along the fiberglass hull are not countersunk. I had a similiar problem on another boat.
Boat Gelcoat Stress Crack Repair
In my case, the stress crack continued downward until I took it for repair.All fiberglass hulls will eventually show some stress cracks over time; however, if they appear on a newer model it's probably related to 3 things: running the boat too hard in rough water, issues with the design of the hull, or problems with the manufacturing process of boat.I have never heard anyone complain about the brand boat shown in the photo as they build a qualitity boat. So check her out throughly.Good LuckEd. I have a '99 TR21 that has some of the hairline stargazing or whatever it is called. I was a little concerned at first, but hasn't been a problem. Installer ettercap sous windows xp.
Most of them seemed to appear early on and have not spread much. You will notice all these types of cracks on a white boat much more if at all compared to a heavy metal flake boat.In '99 the lifetime warranty was new to the industry and only covered the original owner. For it to be transferable, it had to be sold/transferred in the first 5 years and would become a 10 year warranty from the original purchase date. You might contact Triton to confirm and if you had any concerns or wanted it fixed you could work something out with the original owner to have it fixed first. I also think they said something about not covering spider cracks on the surface (cosmetic). I would not complain too much about the transferability of the lifetime warranty.
Triton got the whole lifetime warranty wars started and we are now the beneficiarys when buying almost any of the brands.