Issues after 3 years of wrapped storage

[Liv2Fish]

So I unwrapped the chitbox after 3 years of dry storage. This is a 01 206 keylargo that was used quite a bit before kids but meticulously maintained. It has seen very little use over the last 6 years and has been shrink wrapped entirely for the last 3 years. None of this stuff existed before I put it away after last use.

There are spider cracks originating from almost every transom penetration. There are hairline cracks at most 90 deg corners around the transom and rear compartment areas. There is a nasty crack at the top of the transom where it turns out at the top where the motor is mounted. WTF??

I'm assuming this is all caused by the (supposidly resing impregnated) glass wrapped plywood transom absorbing water and swelling. It's all easily fixed with a dremmel tool and new gelcoat but how did this happen?? The boat was dry inside the entire time it was wrapped.

Is this a Keylargo trait? There is a lifetime stringer and transom warranty? Do you think this qualifys as warranty?

Some pics

[Liv2Fish]

Some more pics

[beamie]

Assuming this was dry inheated storage? Ice has allot of power.

Did you sound it with a hammer?.....wonder how far it goes.

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by beamie

Assuming this was dry inheated storage? Ice has allot of power.

Did you sound it with a hammer?.....wonder how far it goes.

Not heated, just shrink-wrapped (with a vent) and sat in the driveway but. I was in it several times and it was always dry.

[beamie]

......meant to type unheated........also very important to have vents in the cover, things mold up fast otherwise. This is probably from freeze damage after moisture got in there somehow from poor sealing.

[Liv2Fish]

Can I just use a dremmel with a fine tip to grind out the cracks and re-gelcoat, sand with 400 /1000 and buff to get rid of them? Should I even bother?

I'm thinking of trading it in on something new.

[Guppy]

Holy chit!
I'm thinking all that area was somehow saturated and never completely dried out,, was the shrink vented (important IMO )
My guess is that type of (surface) failure is not on any warranty

[Nebe]

My hunch. It got really hot in there over the last summer...
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[piemma]

Originally Posted by Nebe

My hunch. It got really hot in there over the last summer...
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I agree. I have been told that leaving shrink wrap on all year is worse than not covering in the winter. The glass needs to "breathe" during the summer (expand and contract) and, apparently the shrink wrap will prevent that from happening. Not sure of the physics of the process but something definitely has happened to the glass if fibers are airborne.

[MakoMike]

Might be easier, cheaper and faster to just use rubbing compound.