I chartered a 2010
Jeanneau 50DS this weekend and had a great time on
San Francisco Bay. When I returned to the
dock I found a chip in the gel coat above the main
salon window. The chip is about the size of a fingernail and goes down to the glass mat.
There is evidence of the
jib sheet flogging as there's some scuffing in the area of the
deck and window glass. The chip is on an edge, just above the window.
Here's my question: Is it common to suffer gel coat chips from a flogging line? I don't have a lot of experience with
fiberglass, but I was thinking there might have been a flaw in the glass. Maybe a bubble in the resin that "popped" when the line hit it.
Thoughts?
Pat Williams