I'm looking a Beneteau with a damaged bow pulpit. What questions should I ask and what other damage should I look for? Thanks.
Damaged bow pulpit
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You should look for any signs that the actual bow itself made contact with anything; obvious gouges of scratches in the gel coat as well as stress cracking (spider web or crazing). It may have been repaired on the outside, but if you have access to the inside look for fiberglass repair which would only be the case if the damage went all the way through the hull at the bow.
Its possible that the pulpit, sitting high and extending beyond the bow, was the only thing that made contact. It will need to be rebuilt by a welder/fabricator unless you can live with the dings. In that case the thing to look for is stress transferred from the pulpit to its mounting bolts which could have upset the bedding, sheared bolts, and possibly damaged the deck. Hopefully it won't be that bad and you'd just want to replace the bolts for good measure and re-bed to maintain watertight integrity.
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Its possible that the pulpit, sitting high and extending beyond the bow, was the only thing that made contact. It will need to be rebuilt by a welder/fabricator unless you can live with the dings. In that case the thing to look for is stress transferred from the pulpit to its mounting bolts which could have upset the bedding, sheared bolts, and possibly damaged the deck. Hopefully it won't be that bad and you'd just want to replace the bolts for good measure and re-bed to maintain watertight integrity.
Pics are worth a thousand words!
How damaged is it? I guess the obvious question to ask would be "How did that happen?" I'd want to see if the damage to the pulpit hurt the fiberglass where the pulpit attaches to the deck. It takes a pretty good blow to do serious damage there though.
