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When a boat cracks, I like to find the source, or reason it cracked, and address that before doing any repairs. Sometimes it’s obvious-the hull hit something, water froze on the floor, etc. But sometimes it’s due to abnormal stresses on certain parts of the hull, which may ultimately need...

Pierce aluminum is where a lot of guys get long continuous sheets. It’s in LA. You can get the bottom, sides, and quite a bit of bracing for around $5k. Get creative on shipping options, or rent/borrow a trailer and take a road trip. 5052 is already butter soft, and is not heat treatable, so...

JB weld definitely works, but I gotta say this is the first time I’ve ever seen a ‘welder by trade’ use it in place of actually welding. Especially if someone decides to weld that spot in the future. I’d caution using this as a temporary fix before taking it to be welded. It’ll cause the job to...

Wow-the amount of bad advice in this thread is unreal...lol. Some of the posters obviously haven’t done a full rebuild or braced a big aluminum hull properly. Or actually welded anything. I’ve rebuilt several SeaArks over the years, and that year hull used .100” ribs and a .125” keel, which...