Yeah Mike, that's what I had in mind for cutting the window. And I can see inside pretty well from below, so I know where the bulkheads are.
Bill, I will talk to John about vinylester vs epoxy for the repair. And I understand about wanting to avoid creating hard spots. I'm still curious about how the failure occurred, I didn't feel an impact, although there is some debris on the lake. There was no visible damage to the daggerbd itself, but it's pretty stout. It seems like the daggerbd may have dropped deep into the well, but I'm not sure how that would have happened. But as is visible in the 3rd pic, the upper half of the daggerbd well is still intact. Hit a big fish?
Thanks for the great response guys. Thoughts on cloth weights and number of layers? I'll keep you all posted as the repair progresses.
A few more shots:
1st one shows the remaining intact upper section of the dggrbd well,
viewed from below.
3rd one shows the lower section of the dggrbd well, it's just loose inside the hull now.

Dave

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Last edited by davefarmer; 08/11/09 10:33 AM.