This drives me nuts! I bought the Hobie 16 three years ago and has races 4 times each year with the boat and now there has developed a small crack at the front pylon attachment on the hull. I sanded away the gelcoat to see if it went below the gelcoat and it did! I did some more sanding and couldn't really see any glasfiber, it was just polyester? I could actually chip away the polyester with a screwdriver, THIS SUCKS!!! Polyester without glasfiber is weak and brittle and is not the right material for a high stress area. Is this normal for the pylon deck attachment or is it a manufacturing fault?

My plan is to sand away material on both sides of the damage and patch it with epoxy and carbon.







/hakan