shrunken pojie
31-10-2009, 12:27 PM
Hi guys,
I bought myself a tinny not so long ago. Great little boat. I went crabbing in it for the first time and dropped a small muddie down the hole in the floor where the transom support comes up from the keel. When I got home, I pulled the floor up to get the little blighter out. While I had the floor up I decided to clean out underneath it. Don't think that it had ever been done before. So under the floor I found numerous bait and hook packets, a larger knot of braid, 2 snapper sinkers and a 20 cent piece as well as 4 cracked ribs.
It is these ribs that have me a little concerned. I have attached pictures of the 2 worst cracks.
Can I get these fixed? Who would you recommend to fix them if they can be repaired? What can I do to stop this happening again.
I did buy this boat off a bloke on here but I don't believe that he knew about this issue or would have sold the boat to me without telling me about it if he did.
Thanks in advance,
Phill
I bought myself a tinny not so long ago. Great little boat. I went crabbing in it for the first time and dropped a small muddie down the hole in the floor where the transom support comes up from the keel. When I got home, I pulled the floor up to get the little blighter out. While I had the floor up I decided to clean out underneath it. Don't think that it had ever been done before. So under the floor I found numerous bait and hook packets, a larger knot of braid, 2 snapper sinkers and a 20 cent piece as well as 4 cracked ribs.
It is these ribs that have me a little concerned. I have attached pictures of the 2 worst cracks.
Can I get these fixed? Who would you recommend to fix them if they can be repaired? What can I do to stop this happening again.
I did buy this boat off a bloke on here but I don't believe that he knew about this issue or would have sold the boat to me without telling me about it if he did.
Thanks in advance,
Phill