[Rhodes22-list] Hit by a car, can my rhodes be saved?

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Alex,
Bummer is the only word that comes to mind. I've read all the posts  
offering advice and some on right on and others are totally off the wall. A good  
auto body shop that has experience with Corvettes might be a good way to go 
if  you don't have a good marina near by that does that kind of work. 
Fiberglass is light, strong and easily repaired and reinforced during the  
repair. A little research on your part and you might attempt the repairs  
yourself. DO NOT SEPERATE THE HULL HALVES. Totally not necessary. Also, the  
insurance company might be able to direct you to a good repair shop.
This is totally repairable and worth doing.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/25/2010 9:42:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
alex at brightrhino.com writes:

Hi,

This week I was going to start work restoring my rhodes  22, but Saturday 
at 4:30 AM there arose a problem. My wife and I were awoken  to the sound of 
an explosion, we looked out our window and saw a car driving  on our lawn. A 
man fell asleep at the wheel, and drove his honda civic through  our fence, 
smashing into, then going under our boat on the trailer. The boat  was 
still tightly strapped to the dual-axle trailer with 10k pound straps. He  was 
still going so fast after the collision, he demolished two more fences,  
throwing the heavy, trex fencing 20 or 30 feet. The hull has three or fours  
cracks near the transom. I have to get an estimate for repairs, but we  
recently moved to CT and I don't know any repair shops in the area.  

What do you think are the chances of getting this repaired? I may be  able 
to grind and epoxy myself, but I don't know if I will be able to get  access 
to the inner hull.

Here are some pics of the  damage:

Amazingly, the driver was unhurt, and left the car before the  police 
arrived.

Thanks,

Alex

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