My thoughts on this mess.
The cracks at the bow look like stressed plastic cracks. Just because it was molded deep and likely experienced temp variations causing stress. The plastic is smooth across the surface so nothing is displaced.
The screws are like what 3" or 4" long? Right
If you can crank them babies down tight, even if they are a bit loose half way, it is going to hold. Not like you are going to stress this out in 20 knot winds much.
I say MA the cracks, Maybe drill some holes and glue the loose floor here and there to tighten it up, put down some light colors anti slip tape (it is expensive to get the right stuff, but there are cheaper alternatives), tape up the sail and go sailing.
The boat wont sink if it breaks and you are not going far just going for fun.
In the end, there would be someone who would buy the parts on the boat for what you have into it.
Honestly, The boat will likely get more cracks here and there over time, glue them up. So long nothing is falling off it will work. I think it is pretty obvious you can sink a lot of time and money in the boat if you want to and you still have a plastic boat that will have issues. I think keeping it simple and minimal money into the boat is a wise course of action. I got a VERY good deal on my boat ($500) for boat and trailer so it was worth picking up. I would MUCH rather have a fiberglass boat as any repairs you do you know will work and nasty surprises are less likely to happen. Really these plastic boats are pretty crappy and they best avoided unless they are cheap. You got yours cheap enough, I believe so long as the screws will hold tight the parts will hold together. Fix the cracks and go have fun. So long as it holds together you can always resell for more then $500.
The cracks at the bow look like stressed plastic cracks. Just because it was molded deep and likely experienced temp variations causing stress. The plastic is smooth across the surface so nothing is displaced.
The screws are like what 3" or 4" long? Right
If you can crank them babies down tight, even if they are a bit loose half way, it is going to hold. Not like you are going to stress this out in 20 knot winds much.
I say MA the cracks, Maybe drill some holes and glue the loose floor here and there to tighten it up, put down some light colors anti slip tape (it is expensive to get the right stuff, but there are cheaper alternatives), tape up the sail and go sailing.
The boat wont sink if it breaks and you are not going far just going for fun.
In the end, there would be someone who would buy the parts on the boat for what you have into it.
Honestly, The boat will likely get more cracks here and there over time, glue them up. So long nothing is falling off it will work. I think it is pretty obvious you can sink a lot of time and money in the boat if you want to and you still have a plastic boat that will have issues. I think keeping it simple and minimal money into the boat is a wise course of action. I got a VERY good deal on my boat ($500) for boat and trailer so it was worth picking up. I would MUCH rather have a fiberglass boat as any repairs you do you know will work and nasty surprises are less likely to happen. Really these plastic boats are pretty crappy and they best avoided unless they are cheap. You got yours cheap enough, I believe so long as the screws will hold tight the parts will hold together. Fix the cracks and go have fun. So long as it holds together you can always resell for more then $500.