Helping a friend

My apologies for posting this! But, I am helping a neighbor who hit ground hard last week with his malibu.  I went and took a look at the damage yesterday and his prop is destroyed and his strut is visibly bent. The shaft is likely bent as well since it was extremally difficult to turn.  I am most concerned with the gelcoat damage right around the strut mounting.  I can see fiberglass and there is a lot of gelcoat cracking in the area.  A friend of mine knows a malibu service manager and he noted that it is structural damage.  I just was curious as to what you guys think?  He has good insurance on it and will be covered if the damage is bad.  The inside of the boat looks fine and I see no visible damage.

Thanks @desertskier!

8122pbrainard wrote: gcam4 wrote: A friend of mine knows a malibu service manager and he noted that it is structural damage.  I just was curious as to what you guys think?   The inside of the boat looks fine and I see no visible damage. The inside may look "fine" but I feel the Malibu service manager is correct. You don't get that much gel damage without flex causing internal glass fractures.

Thanks guys!  I will pass this info along.