So, we managed to take cosmetic blemishes to a new level. So it looks like we will move up the bottom job in the schedule a bit as we'd like to see if we can sail one of these things. With a bit of fiberglass mat, and with a little help from our friend Mr. Epoxy, hopefully we'll have this taken care of in reasonably short order. Initial repair will focus on the outer hull as we'd like to get sailing rather than primping. We're planning on putting a wide fiberglass mat along the length of the boat so it's strengthened all the way, a good idea anyway given the boat's age. 

Other learnings include the need to modify the trailer so there are no pressure points that can crack the hull. Getting it back to Petaluma was no problem as we had it sturdily strapped with the center wheel on the V of the hull where it's strongest but when we shifted it.... 

Here's a close up of the 'killer wheel' on the trailer.

That's going to have to go for sure. We'll replace with a wider, more flexible, support so this can't happen again on either boat.

So about time for an update on the trailer. As promised the 'wheel o' death' got replaced with a wider rubber V. We also removed the center wheel as there seemed to be the same potential, leaving us with a very simple cradle for the boat. This should work fine and should hold things very stable. As mentioned previously, this is an old, rescued, trailer that we did up, but notice the springs and shocks - we're told they're pretty rare on small boat trailers nowadays. Hopefully now this is fixed, we have a very solid and serviceable trailer with many good years ahead of it.