is there anything to worry about on a boat that hit a stump and busted a stringer had fiberglass repaired and then had gator hull put on. what are your thoughts.

If it was fixed correctly no

If someone halfa$$ed tte repair then yes

if the stringer was repaired first it should be ok but when you go to sell your boat you will probly take a hit on the price when you sell or trade.

if the hull was repaired and the stringer was not what could happen

the hull will move where it can an the gel kote will crack then you could get a large portion of the hull to delaminate an seprate which is a big mess to correctly repair fiberglass is generally expensive to have done right .

Did the repair shop pull the cap? I do not know all boats but would guess that for the most part the cap would have to come off to fix a stringer.

i dont think so just fixed fiberglass and then put gator hull on

need all the input i can get

I would never buy a boat with a currently broken stringer. Three parts to a boat hull, stringers and decks and all are needed to keep a boat in one piece.

You're gonna be sorry,man.

Would you buy a pier and beam house with one of the beams broken?

can you get to the stringer? how broken is it? it needs to be fixed right to prevent the hull from flexing till it breaks.

+1 They are there to add needed strength. And the coating they did will not add any strenth it's just a bandaid probably to cover up a shi++y repair! If it was me I would pass on it!

That stringer needs to be fixed, no doubt about it. It is the structure to the boat; like your bones are to your body. In addition to that, any breach in the fiberglass on the stringer will allow water in, which will rot out the rest of the stringer and possibly the other stringers and transom (depending on how they are all tied in together). If you want to see the end result of what a busted stringer will do, look for my thread in this forum about my full restore. I found a busted stringer behind a half-azzed hull breach repair and along with it I found every other stringer rotted to mush, a failing transom, and a rotted deck (granted, my boat is nearly 30 years old so I'm sure it's wasn't ALL due to the stringer, but still...)

As previously stated the stringer must be repaired. If it is accessible from an area that can be cut out like a section of floor that would be better than if it has a console or rod box over it. If thats the case it will need to be cracked into two pieces and remove the cap. A lot depends on where its damaged.

Too many boats out there to buy one with issues

Yea, the only way I would tackle it is if it was a gift.