In today's episode of deferred maintenance, some stress cracks under my stern cleats have developed into something a bit more than such. It appears that some significant stress is not being handled well by the glass underneath my stern cleats. This seems obviously more advanced than just standard gelcoat stress cracks/crazing.
What sort of repair am I looking at from a DIY perspective? Dremelling out the area and filling it with epoxy / re-coating it doesn't seem like enough to stop what's currently going on. I could try to add a new layer of glass from underneath and increase the backing plate size of the cleats, but will that be enough either?
Appears that either way, pulling that back section of wood off may be necessary, if not the entire rubrail. Any thoughts on this?
What sort of repair am I looking at from a DIY perspective? Dremelling out the area and filling it with epoxy / re-coating it doesn't seem like enough to stop what's currently going on. I could try to add a new layer of glass from underneath and increase the backing plate size of the cleats, but will that be enough either?
Appears that either way, pulling that back section of wood off may be necessary, if not the entire rubrail. Any thoughts on this?