Put my first dent in the ski today. Looking for
hull repair in Houston area. Any suggestions?

My buddy just took his brand new STXR to L&M marine in Baytown off of Bayway drive to have some gouges in the gel coat repaired from hitting some under water rocks. They did the work in a couple of days at a reasonable price.....

Thanks Quin,

Girlfreind hit pilings under first bridge at
banana bend. I sould have known better.

How bad is it ... is it cracked?

Just out of curiosity, why do people keep riding at Banana Bend? I've heard nothing but horror stories about pipes, stumps, logs, and whatever else sticking up in the middle of the river. Now this.

Is the riding really that good to keep going back? Oh yea, is it the nude beach that nobody goes to?

My buddy went there a couple of weeks ago with some of the Houston guys. I couldn't go since I am out of commission for a couple of months. According to him, it sucks a$$ and he won't be back just because of all the hazards. I'll take his word.

Good luck to all of the riders who do go there.

Got your pictures ... repair like that can cost some money. I cracked the LR corner from jumping waves. I removed all the dock guard and load area hydrotuff matt, had him repair the crack, mask off the top decales, and paint the top area. He did a nice job for $500 and all new rub guards were about $150.

The problem is, you have to do that on the top and bottom. And the repair looks like it'll cost more. You could be looking at $1200-1500 by the time it's all done.

They sell good, used hull on the forum for about $2000. You might consider that instead of the repair.

Troy,

My friend saw this post and told me that the GPR is made completely of SMC (I didn't know). When I took my Ultra over to L&M to have the top part repaired (the bottom is FG), they told me they don't do paint work, which is required for SMC repairs......this was 2 years ago, maybe they do now....just don't want to mislead you....

Troy,

Might try calling Andy at A W & Sons in Houston (713-957-3127)and asking who did the paint and repair on his race boat . . very nice work and I'm sure he'd appreciate being able to refer you to his sponsor.

[ 06-10-2003, 12:29 AM: Message edited by: dc ]

Maybe the water was down, but I have gone there exclusively since 1998 and don't know were it is like this.....there is a barge "graveyard" in Muleshoe lake....reference the photo below and see if you can tell me where you saw this debris?





[ 06-10-2003, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: LSU Tiger ]

Quin-

I can't look at the map and tell you. But we put in the water, took a right, and rode for some time. I remember seeing an unused drilling rig, and pipes running from the shore going out into the water in the areas where we were. It was really bad.

Maybe Coop just accidentally brought me to some really bad areas. I'd be interested in checking out the good areas you're talking about.

David,

I'm not saying the place is perfect, but I do wonder where you guys went? If you went North (which would be right from Bananna Bend) then unless you went past the train bridge and farther up north I don't know...it goes about3 miles past the train bridge which is at Love's marina and runs into the Lake Houston Dam, but I never go past there because it's like a 15 minute no wake zone in front of Magnolia Garden.....so there might be some crud up that way....there are your occasional stumps on the sides from time to time...and once you get out in the open parts you need to stay close to the channel markers.....the day coop,Fercho, Jay, and Juan came down there they got off course a couple of times and got me a bit worried, you do need to know the waters...but all was okay, we had a great time..

I do agree though, there are much better places for pure jetski riding, but I like the place more so because that's were all my friends go, and I can get away from all the traffic by going south.....

Maybe we can hook up one weekend and you give it another chance, I definetely want to make it to one of the rides you guys set up, best day for me is a Saturday since the wife works every other...my back is better now, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can make it!

Take Care bro.....