I know this has been talked about before, but I suck at searches, so maybe I can get away with just asking.....?

In a serious lapse of judgement I bought a Valley Nordkapp LV a year or two ago. Home made boats are ever so much better! Anyway, one of the problems I'm having with it is a patch of spider cracks in the gel coat that need to be fixed. I haven't paddled the boat in months, so it's plenty dry. I have read about repairing gel coat, but here's an alternative idea I'm liking better right now: rough up the affected area with 80-grit, and apply a patch of 3.2 satin weave cloth over it, then get on with my life. Advantages: fast repair, color match perfect, invisible from ten feet away. Possible down side: epoxy doesn't stick worth a flip.

What do y'all think?

Oh, and I just got through ordering a set of hatch covers for it. Ka-ching, $200! Holy crap, that's two-thirds of an entire kayak if you make it yourself, and the hatches will last longer too! Sigh, I guess the new VCP ones will just have to live in the house with me, and get a bath in 303 before tucking them into bed each night. Sheesh.

Oh bartender, another round please.....