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Rusty
Hello all,Its Spring again and talk turns to warm weather, sailing and crack repair.I would like to see the answers of those who have had and have not had cracks to the following questions. I will provide my own anserws at the end of the postQ1. Has your hull ever cracked?Q2. Has anyone had cracks and has their boat stored in an area which does not freeze (either warm winters or inside heated storage)?Q3. Has anyone had cracks and their boat boat is stored in an area which does freeze, but the boat was enclosed in an unheated enclosure (a garage or buiding, but not including a tarp or cover)?Q4. Has anyone had cracks, reagardless of temperature, when your boat is stored in an enclosure (not including a tarp or cover?)In my little frozen winter world (Wisconsin), the only time my hull had cracked was last winter, a year ago, when I stored my boat outside. I did not cover it. It also cracked in a very weird location, on the top and starboard side of the "hump" that the rudder attaches to. The crack started at the screw holes and ran forward around the hump 6 inches. Pretty easy fix and after the procedure, invisible.Obviously, the boat is back under cover this past winter.Bottom line, the hull is cracking from stress induced from expansion and contraction, but I am really interested if the slow infrequent warming and cooling (air temperature) has as much effect as the rapid and frequent warming and cooling induced by the sun. My guess is the later.Let's see what is happening to others.Interesting to note, many fiberglass boats have all the screw holes and penetrations chamfered to reducs or eliminate chances of cracking. I don't know if that will work on this product. Let's see how storage practices, temperature and cracking are related.Rusty