I used poly for 20 plus years and most of my repairs held so perhaps I over spoke. I had one that did not after the boat got torqued by a rescue from a marine towing company the repair was 10 years old I almost sank. It was an extreme case and would epoxy have held?

What is cool that those of us that deal with the ugly task of repair work are artist. We have to be passionate about what we do with our hands and busted chunks of composite material. I don’t see what we do any different then a sculpture - It is just the medium we chose to work in. Plus it is more fun sitting on a multihull then a statue.

I keep telling myself that each time I grind fiberglass. We like the challenge of fixing a broken boat and each have our own way of doing it no way is right or wrong or tool better then the other.

For the artist is it camel hair or chiseled point - pastel watercolor or oil based paint.

Nice repair job on the hull did they hit something? To the original poster do you have any question we can help you with looks like we have some great experience here with Jake, and Surf City!
Got to love a site like this for questions!
Jake my NACRA was 534.