Posted by steelhead55 on 05/11/15 - 11:44 AM
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Im shocked that crack is even possible on an 18' outrage. My opinion as a mechanical engineer is that it is a structural issue. Until it is fixed, it will conntinue to propagate down towards the keel Mathematically the forces at the point of the crack approach infinite (crack propagation theory)
As a lay person boat owner, this looks like a manufactureing flaw. I would take to whaler, and see what they say.