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If your dealer is reachable I’d definitely have him address the situation, if it’s a defect it will be a warranty issue. If it turns out to be caused by something besides a defect I’d “weld “ it closed as opposed to Rule. Be sure to drain your hull! Can you get the existing hole to the lowest point on the boat? Bow downhill trailer tongue on the ground or something for a while or can you install a inner hull drain on your model? for a hole the size you describe I think I would use a soldering iron not a heat gun, the only two methods I’ve used. (I don’t have a plastic welder like some of the guys) the challenge is to melt the plastic deep enough into the hole to get full hull thickness. I’d try to work in layers out from the bottom of the hole. Any scrap plastic off your boat will do I save all my drill shavings and hole saw plugs, if your installing a drain there you go. Or you might find a raw edge inside the console or someplace not seen or structural to shave off enough plastic for your fix. In that spot at least you wont have to worry about making it look pretty that’s really the only tough part of filling a hole.
Good Luck
Victor
Also be sure you remove all the Rule so you don’t contaminate the “weld”
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