Big boat problem

[bountyhunter]

Man I'm sorry to hear, seem there is always something no matter what. Best of luck to you!!

[plugger]

Thanks for the well wishes BOUNYHUNTER and the alternate tank placement idea YANKEE . But , dang , ROBALO , you almost make me feel lucky and that I'm getting off easy . I'll talk to Krolls about the tank coating/ insulation . Thank you for your advice . I guess it could always be worse than it is no matter what the situation . I could have been wailing down the intracoastal and had an explosion and fire . I'm thankful it's just money instead of my life or 3 rd degree burns . I'm going to stop whining about it and be grateful .

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I was told yesterday that it would be 2 1/2 to 3 weeks for the repairs . Pictures are to be taken of the work progress and forwarded to me .

[Gilbert]

if you ever need me to go look at it, I'm only 3 mins away from kroll's.

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Yeah , I remember you work close to Krolls , Gilbert . But , Krolls farmed out the work to another outfit that's equipped to cut , replace , and reglass .

[TroutSupport]

Ouch... no bueno.

[Gilbert]

Yeah , I remember you work close to Krolls , Gilbert . But , Krolls farmed out the work to another outfit that's equipped to cut , replace , and reglass .

they didn't say who? I know one of the mechanics there quit to start his own shop here in town. I'd trust him before I'd trust kroll's. Hell, I would have went to Sport Marine in richmond and got them to give an estimate while you were here. They do top notch work.

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My boat is at WESTSIDE FIBERGLASS REPAIRS , Katy , Richard Peckenpaugh Sr . Tank is out , riddled with holes . One 3 inch hole . A crack was found in the hull . I'm told the gas eroded the fiberglass . My insurance guy will look at it but talking with them my policy doesn't cover electrolysis , defects , erosion and such . Dargel who bought Explorer is being approached . My insurance company was familiar with the Explorer tank leakage problems already . I was invited to go look at my boat .

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Repairs are on hold for insurance viewing and maybe Dargel . Hopefully the new crack in the hull may fall under my 10 year hull warranty . I'm slowly bleeding out .

[Root Canal]

Henry,
Did you see any signs of an anode or anode system attached to the gas tank ?

[SCHU]

Serios stuff, that! Good luck.

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The insurance adjuster called today . He'll go see the boat . I mentioned the cracked hull and he said the stringer in other cases had been damaged by gasoline . The stringer is foam filled , I think he said , and the gas dissolves it weakening the hull resulting in a crack . He said the design is flawed allowing an electrolysis effect to occur . I haven't seen it myself . He said WESTSIDE FIBERGLASS REPAIR does good work .

[corndog]

"Who the hell has a meeting in a Basement?"

[corndog]

OK All jokes aside with the inglorious bast@#ds reference. I see the hole in the picture. I was wondering what the condition of the rest of the tank is in. Does it appear that the rest of the tank has deteriorated also?This would indicate that you had electrolysis throughout the whole tank. Is there any rust looking spot around the hole? Stainless has no carbon steel in it and will not show rust stains during deterioration,It usually will show chalking look, darker color grayish or even wormholes. Is the tank made from SS304,SS316 or SS316L? Just a few question to help maybe lead to a possible root cause.