Absolutly not supposed to be flexible. If this doesnt have a wood core, then the resin has broken down and the fiberglass is delaminating. I'd have to take a look at it in order to give you an idea of how big of a repair job this is going to be.
Since the boat is 1989, I'm assuming its glass, not wood. If it were early 70's fiberglass, then I could tell you that its because that was a time that they went cheap on resin because of oil shortages (remember the gas lines during the carter administration?)
You may be able to do this yourself. If its just seams that have come apart you can easily fix that with some resin, epoxy and a filliting blend. Cover the seam with fiberglass tape. Make sure you sand the surfaces first and clean it with acetone to get any dirt and oil off of the bonding surfaces.
If the delamination is in the actual hull of the boat, this is going to be a much bigger repair.
There are tons of books on repairing fiberglass boats. A good free resource is West System Epoxy. They have flyers that you can pick up for free at west marine and get all of the information on using their products from their webpage.|||no
water has gotten into the wood and it is rotted the first thing i do when buying a boat is walk around on the floor to see if they have any spots like that
the cheapest i have found to get one repaired around here is $2000.00
look around the transom where the engine mounts to see if it is bad too
it has a wood core
and you can bet when you get in there that is not the only spot
and the one is at least 6 or 8 times the size you think it is
you can do it yourself i have done 5 or 6 i thought they were going to be a small repair it never has worked like that for me
on one i ended up replacing the floor the transom and stringers it cost more than the boat was worth
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