Just removed bottom paint and discovered that the entire perimeter of the Hull below the waterline has hairline cracks (crazing) from the paint stripe running north south to the Chine. Also found a few hairline cracks on the bottom hull - but not as extensive as the area above the chine.

Spoke to Carver and they admitted that they had a product defect back then and stopped using material from that supplier. Never determined why some boats had cracks and others did not. Either way - they say it's on me to fix it.

Any thoughts? Carver recommends a strip down of the gel coat layer and the barrier coat down to the glass layer. Then add an epoxy filler layer, barrier coat, and bottom paint. Estimate is $10k.

Not sure if I do this or pocket the $10k and see what happens. Boat is 12 years old and has no water intrusion.

I posted pictures in case someone else has had this problem.

Any help appreciated.