Atlantic Boat Repair provides professional boat fiberglass repair services to Scituate residents and businesses. Fast response, fair pricing, guaranteed satisfaction.
Fiberglass repair on a boat is a different craft than fiberglass work on a car body or a swimming pool. Marine fiberglass has to survive UV exposure, salt water immersion, hull flex under load, and freeze-thaw cycles in Plymouth winters. Repairs that look fine in the shop can crack or delaminate the first time they see real water if the resin chemistry, the layup sequence, or the surface prep was wrong for a marine environment.
Our work covers cosmetic gelcoat repair (spider cracks, chips, fades, color matching), structural fiberglass repair (deck delamination, soft spots, impact damage, transom rebuild), and blister repair on hulls that have spent years in the water. The diagnostic step matters more than people expect: a hairline crack on the deck can be cosmetic or it can be the surface tell of delaminated core material underneath. Surface-only repairs on structural damage fail the next season.
Gelcoat color matching is the cosmetic challenge most owners notice. Old gelcoat has faded from UV exposure over years, so a fresh batch in the original factory color will look like a patch. We blend across boundaries and feather edges so the repair disappears into the surrounding hull. For full-section repairs we recommend buffing or compounding the surrounding area at the same time so the whole panel reads as one age.
Transom and core repairs are the heaviest fiberglass work we do. A rotted transom (the rear panel that supports the engine) is unsafe to run and almost always requires removal of the cap, replacement of the wood or composite core, and rebuilding the laminate skin. This is multi-week work but it saves a boat that would otherwise be scrap. We get a handful of transom rebuilds a year and they are some of the most rewarding repairs in the shop.
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On well-maintained hulls, yes. On older hulls with significant UV fade, the repair can be made very close to invisible but a side-by-side comparison may show a slight tone difference. For full-section repairs we recommend buffing the surrounding area so the whole panel reads as one age.
Cosmetic gelcoat work is usually one to three days. Structural laminate repair runs one to two weeks depending on layup time and curing. Transom rebuilds are three to six weeks. Curing time is the constraint; we cannot rush resin chemistry.
Yes. Blister repair requires grinding back to sound material, drying the hull (often weeks), filling, and refinishing with a barrier coat to prevent recurrence. Light blistering is straightforward; severe blistering across a full hull is a major project and we will be honest about whether the boat justifies it.
Depends on the boat. A high-quality production hull with a rotted transom is often worth the rebuild because the rest of the boat is sound. An older or lower-value boat with transom rot plus other structural issues may not be. We assess the whole structure before quoting and tell you straight.
Yes. We handle both the structural laminate repair and the cosmetic finish. For insurance claims we provide written estimates and photo documentation. For older damage where the insurance window has closed, we can still repair, just on your dime.
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