Lets just say I know someone who has two 6" cracks (broken glass fibers) on the inside of there canoe with no scratches on the outside near the breaks. I hang the boat upside down in the garage and it dried out nicely in two weeks. The only problem is; I keep using the boat with out permanently fixing it (duck tape repair) and it has stayed dry. But then it is out of the water most of the time.

To repair this damage I plan on sanding down the area to remove any varnish and sharp edges of the glass. Than place a piece of fiberglass tape down in that area to fix it. I figure it should take about an hour and half to fix.

Good luck, don't let it slow your paddling time down.

PS: got any pics I like to see the before and the after

Jason

: Lets just say a dumb guy decided to paddle his S&G up a too shallow creek in
: northern Maine. He then proceded to have to back it out of a too tight
: spot in the creek and managed to put a nice dime sized punch through type
: hole in the hull of his boat on the keel line just behind the cockpit due
: to a certain large unsen rock in the 6-8" deep fast moving water.

: The hole is "dime sized" as mentioned and slightly punched in. The
: wood is crushed and broken but the piece isn't totally broken away from
: the hull. NO leaks or anything actually which surprized me. maybe the wood
: swelled slightly to seal the new semi-hole. I did cover the hole with a
: ducttape patch for the long paddle home after I found the hole (maybe 3
: hours of water contact between getting the hole and finding out there was
: one).

: Is it better to just sand the area down and fill the hole with epoxy and
: reinforcent inside and out with glass (not too bad looking since the piece
: didn't get puched out per say) or is it probably better to cut a small
: piece of the hull out (maybe quarter or hald dollar sized) and then cut a
: new piece and reglass, etc.

: if I just fill and reglass, I have to definitely dry the area sufficiently to
: keep water from being sealed in the epoxy coated nowexposed internal wood
: fibers.

: appreciate any comments, thanks, Pete czerpak albany, NY