I went to the lake this weekend and ran my flat bottom alum. boat onto a submerged tree that was just below the surface. I was back in a cove that was full of standing timber, and it was b4 sunrise, so I was going very slow, but I got stuck on top of it anyway. The only way off was to gas it, which caused the tree to give a little and allowed the prop to catch more water?..and after doing this a few times it eventually broke free. I parked, went in the woods to hunt and came back with a boat full of water. Got it emptied with the bilge and a jug to bail, and back to the boat ramp and trailered. It?s an older alum that is riveted, and the seam where the 2 hulls meet I have had to seal b4 to stop minor leaking. The problem now is that the tree pushed one hull higher then the other so there is a huge gap to be sealed now. This is only between two cross members. Any ideas on how to smooth this back out and shrink the gap along the seam??? B4 I originally sealed it years ago, I thought about welding the entire seam. I was told no because it?s a bass boat with decks and under the decks is foam that could catch fire. But that was for the seam. I was thinking that I could drill some holes in the dented area, bend a rod into an L shape, and stick the small leg into the holes and pull out the dent, then weld a plate over the holes. welding this would be a little diff then welding the seam since I would just be welding to the metal bottom, and the gap where the 2 hulls meet and the foam somewhat exposed wouldn?t be there. What do you think??
