. I ground into the crack and the closed cell foam is soaked. I then take off the rod holders in the gunnels and the foam is soaked, it was kept uncovered outside and there was no cap on the rod holders so all the rain water went directly into the foam, more . So here's my game plan....I know I should cut out the deck/sole and rip out foam but that seems like more work than I want. I don't know if the cap would come off with the gunnel/deck/sole attached as long as cc was removed and then would make an easy reassembly? So back to the game plan, repair the hole from the outside first by shoving epoxy soaked fiberglass strands into the hole therefore making a backer to laminate mat, 1708 and more mat to bring flush, then fair. After repair is done time to paint the hull. The blue stuff that you see in the pics, is that paint? If so I'll sand that off and then prep and paint everything with a 2 part polyurethane? Suggestions on paint? And I read something about epoxy/graphite on the bottom only? idk if that can be applied without the hull being upside down? This is meant to be a cheap fishing boat for me and my son and I'm hoping that with a cover on, the foam will dry out or the extra weight won't be a big deal or I could possible rip open sole in the future (~year or two) and remove foam and replace fuel tank while I'm at it. Once again all the help and tips are greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance, justin
