Most boat owners find it hard to avoid boat repairs completely. 'Shipshape' is a term often applied to a boat in good, safe, working order. While it often takes some work to keep a boat shipshape, it should be considered part of being a good boat owner, in the long run will make owning a boat more enjoyable.

Neglecting your boat repairs can eventually lead to big problems in the future including a complete hull change. It is of utmost importance to to constantly do a routine check, making sure that there is no cracks, rotting areas or leaks.

Hull damage usually occurs from abrupt groundings, collision with other objects, or the rotting of a  wooden hull. Significant damage to the hull may cause the boat to flood with water or produce stress cracks which may develop into hull failure at a later time.  After any significant collision or hard grounding, the boat should be hauled out of the water and the hull inspected for cracks, delamination of the fiberglass, fractures of joints, and any other damage.   If your fiberglass boat, or wooden boat has sustained extensive damage give us a call and we can advice you on the best action to take.

The key product in our system of wood restoration and repair is CPES (Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer). CPES is always the first product to be used in the wood restoration process. In lightly rotted wood it will often be all that is needed to check the deterioration process and to restore hardness. In more severely rotted wood it is always required to completely change infected areas to avoid further infection.