Edge & Rub Rail Damage
Repairs That Look Like New.

These are the marks from fenders rubbing, a bump against a piling or a tight slip, and they usually stay in the top layer of gelcoat. We clean and check each one, wet sand the shallow scratches, fill any that need it, and polish the area back to a smooth, glossy finish.

When a gouge breaks through the gelcoat, the fiberglass underneath is open to water and UV. We sand and feather the damaged area, rebuild it with marine-grade gelcoat to the original profile and color-match it to your hull, then wet sand and polish so the repair blends into the edge.

Sharp corners and molded transitions chip easily from a glancing hit on a dock corner or the trailer, and the repair has to bring back the shape as well as the color. We build the chip up slightly proud, shape and sand it until the line matches the rest of the hull, then color-match and polish.

Trailer damage along an edge usually comes from a misaligned bunk, a guide post or the boat sliding sideways during loading. We check how deep each mark goes, rebuild any exposed fiberglass, restore the edge profile with color-matched gelcoat and polish it out. We’ll also point out worn bunks or guides so it doesn’t keep happening.

Damage at the waterline sits in or near the water, so moisture works into exposed fiberglass faster than it does higher up. The area has to be dry before we fill it, so the boat comes out of the water, on your trailer or lift or at our Largo yard. Then we rebuild, color-match and polish the edge.