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Hi All,
I have two areas on the L/H side of my UL-19 with cracks between the deck and where it joins the hull.
After stripping the boat down to just the bare boat I was able to see how bad the cracks are. I found one of them is now 3.5 inch long at about the center of the left sponson.
The other one is near where the stock water outlet is located. It is about 1.5 inch long. If I flex the deck upward you can see a gap between the deck at both areas.
It looks to me like they sanded the fiberglass so thin at those points it was mainly the paint holding it together.
This probably was one of first batch of boats shipped. I bought it in November but the dealer had it in stock for quite awhile. The boat has only been in the water twice with
a total of 8 runs. Mostly 4S and 5S and two 6S runs. Props were balanced and drive shaft properly aligned so I doubt vibration caused any problem.
Also there are several places on the hull bottom and the deck where there are spider cracks. They appear to be only in whatever they used as gel coating but I need
to check them a little closer as they are spreading out. The best way I can describe it is at the hole where the radio antenna mount is, there are at least 8 distinct cracks
emanating from the center of the hole. My impression is when the hole was either punched or drilled too much force was applied. As for the cracks on the bottom, they seem to
be centered right where screws to hold down the plate are located. I bet the screws they are using are too long and caused the cracks.
I will call Horizon tomorrow and see if any others have the problem and what might be done about it. I'll check back and post what I find out. But I suggest you check your
boat and see if any of the above applies to your boat before it gets worse.
Cheers
I have two areas on the L/H side of my UL-19 with cracks between the deck and where it joins the hull.
After stripping the boat down to just the bare boat I was able to see how bad the cracks are. I found one of them is now 3.5 inch long at about the center of the left sponson.
The other one is near where the stock water outlet is located. It is about 1.5 inch long. If I flex the deck upward you can see a gap between the deck at both areas.
It looks to me like they sanded the fiberglass so thin at those points it was mainly the paint holding it together.
This probably was one of first batch of boats shipped. I bought it in November but the dealer had it in stock for quite awhile. The boat has only been in the water twice with
a total of 8 runs. Mostly 4S and 5S and two 6S runs. Props were balanced and drive shaft properly aligned so I doubt vibration caused any problem.
Also there are several places on the hull bottom and the deck where there are spider cracks. They appear to be only in whatever they used as gel coating but I need
to check them a little closer as they are spreading out. The best way I can describe it is at the hole where the radio antenna mount is, there are at least 8 distinct cracks
emanating from the center of the hole. My impression is when the hole was either punched or drilled too much force was applied. As for the cracks on the bottom, they seem to
be centered right where screws to hold down the plate are located. I bet the screws they are using are too long and caused the cracks.
I will call Horizon tomorrow and see if any others have the problem and what might be done about it. I'll check back and post what I find out. But I suggest you check your
boat and see if any of the above applies to your boat before it gets worse.
Cheers
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