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Hello all.  Haven't been on here for a bit.  I finally received my boat at the end of December.  I took it out of wanchese for the giant bluefin commercial season and wouldn't you know it.  I was on the drift 45 miles out at night and another guy t-boned me.  Almost rolled us over.  My boat was a whole 40 days old.  Boat was a total loss due to not getting it back to original condition.  What do you think on repairs?  Cut gunnel out and pull out Hull dent?  On top of it the gentleman towing it back to Washington didn't stop when the shrink wrap started shredding.  It beat the boat for 2000 miles with all the road grime and gravel.  Now it looks like it ran through a sandblaster.  Thanks for any input      
 

Here was us all excited for the unforseen future  

So it sounds like you have sent it back to Duckworth for the repairs? 
Is insurance covering? 
What sort of fix are they proposing to do?

A guess . . . probably have to cut away about a 3'-4' wide section of the hull side down to the chine along with the corresponding gunwale and then piece in replacement material, blend the butt welds then repaint the affected areas (if not the whole boat).  Not easy to straighten out the bent hull side panel but possible.
 

That's terrible, shows how tuff the boat is however, could have been so much worse. Did you buy it back from the insurance company where you said the boat is a total loss?

Insurance is getting me a new boat.  Problem is it's 18 months out.  I have dozens of charters booked for this year and was planning on doing tuna season in Massachusetts and north Carolina.  So I really need a boat to keep the business going.  I would have the repairs done here (Cleveland).  I sent it out to duckworth for assessment.  I  waiting on a number from the insurance company.  Hopefully it is a reasonable one so we can move on

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maiadash,
We'd like a separate topic and build sequence pictures!  Not just a teaser that you've built-  Pls post a thread on your build??

T'trout, I it looks like you could fish the damaged boat for a season?  a little wear and tear doesn't look like it stops her from her job?  Can't express how tough that SIDE IMPACT damage makes here look!  BUT she's still with us and besides some denting- looks like she's seaworthy?  are the more (lower on the waterlines) damages that aren't shown?

Cheers,
Kevin Morin
Kenai, AK