E
Edwin
I've got a '98 model H170, infamous for the APC cracking. I've named my boat appropiately "Cracked". Once again I'm doing my spring ritual of fixing the cracks on the gunwale. As I'm Dremeling out the cracks prepping for using Plastic Welder to mend I'm noticing that I'm repairing cracks I've repaired before.So I'm fiberglassing about a 3' section of the gunwale as a test to see how it holds up. I know they don't recommend fiberglassing but I had to do it to my rudder mount on the transom last year. Sailing in about 15+ winds I could feel my rudder yawing, look over the stern and my screws were pulling out. To shorten the story the plywood that the screws mount to had rotted so I had to cut all that out replaced the wood and had no choice but to fiberglass. So far it has held up well.I'll keep you posted on the gunwale experiment unless someone else has already experienced.Don't know about later models but I'm thinking with verticle cracks on the gunwale the boat is flexing fore to aft. I'm hoping the fiberglass will stiffen the boat somewhat. Here's to luck.