[quote=loquinho]Ok, you guys, so in a fit of "have to know now" I just went out to the boat at 10:30pm with a flashlight and took off the beam straps in the damaged area to see if I could learn anything. There was a single strap hole that had elongated a bit, but for the most part they were still round. Then I made an important discovery.
Here is the starboard side view of the DS and the main beam.
[img]http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy199/equacken/20170412_224508_zpswjtjuxdr.jpg[/img]
And here is the port side view of the DS and the main beam.
[img]http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy199/equacken/20170412_224445_zpssapmiveu.jpg[/img]
Here is the starboard side view of the mainbeam on the hull.
[img]http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy199/equacken/20170412_223429_zpsdaqhzf2y.jpg[/img]
And here is the port side view of the same.
[img]http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy199/equacken/20170412_224541_zpsfuogirrc.jpg[/img]
I've been looking at the boat this whole time assuming I was looking at some sort of downward crushing force that damaged that area, so the beam strap theory made sense to me. But it's now clear to me that it's a SIDE force that caused this issue. The hull is damaged because it was pushed inboard about an inch, and the protective plate riveted into the hull wasn't strong enough to protect against the edge of the DS forcing it's way into the hull.
My boat is pigeon-toed.
Based on what I know now, I'm wondering if it's the fault of the trailer. If that area had already been repaired, it's possible this problem already occurred once in the past and was corrected. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what sudden force could have pushed the hull straight sideways enough all at once to bend the plate and crush the fiberglass, but leave no evidence of other damage.
If however, the trailer was fabricated an inch too narrow at the front beam supports, that hull would spend a majority of its time being pushed sideways. Whenever it's being trailered, it's shifting back and forth in those trailer saddles, constantly applying side pressure on that hull.
Or it's something completely different.
Are these last two posts helping clarify at all?<!-- editby --><em>Edited by loquinho on Apr 13, 2017 - 01:27 AM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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