Lightning is only part of what a Florida storm does to a boat.
Wind drives vessels against pilings, tears canvas and hardtops, and lifts boats off trailers and jack stands. Water finds every compromised seal, every stressed deck-to-hull joint, and every hatch that did not quite hold. Debris impacts crack gelcoat and, more often than owners realize, damage the laminate underneath in ways that do not become visible until the structure is loaded.
Fiberglass Solutions repairs all of it — and documents all of it for your insurance claim.
Schedule a Free Storm Damage Inspection24-Hour Storm Line — 866-950-3888
What We Repair
Fiberglass and structural. Collision and impact damage, hull breaches, stringer and bulkhead damage, transom repair, deck and cockpit structural repair, and restoration to pre-loss condition.
Delamination and laminate damage. Impact and stress events frequently separate laminate layers without breaking the surface. Delamination is progressive — it does not stabilize on its own, and it compromises the structure well beyond the visible area.
Water intrusion. Core saturation, moisture mitigation, and drying, along with repair of the intrusion path itself. Water in a cored deck or hull is a structural problem that gets worse every month it is left.
Gelcoat, paint, and cosmetic. Color matching, gelcoat repair, and complex paint systems, including full refinishing where a claim supports it.
Wind and impact damage. Hardtops, towers, canvas frames, rub rails, hardware, and the mounting structure beneath them, which is frequently damaged when the fitting is not.
Sinking and submersion. Vessels that took on water during a storm require a different and more urgent process, covering engines, electrical systems, and every component that was submerged.
Hurricane damage. Boats off trailers or stands, boats driven ashore, boats damaged in racks and dry storage, and boats that took multiple loading events across a single storm.
Storm Damage Is Rarely Only One Thing
The reason a storm claim goes wrong is almost always that it was scoped as a single event.
An owner reports impact damage on the port quarter. A shop quotes the impact damage. Nobody checks whether the same event started a delamination that runs two feet further than the visible crack, whether the water that entered through it saturated the core, or whether the electrical run behind that panel was compromised. Six weeks later the boat is apart, three new items have appeared, and the claim becomes a negotiation the owner did not budget for.
Our approach is to scope the whole event up front. If a boat took wind damage in a storm that also produced significant lightning, we inspect for lightning damage too — because the boat does not care that you only reported one of them, and neither does the carrier when the second one surfaces later without documentation.
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Insurance Estimates and Claim Documentation
If storm-related damage is discovered, we prepare a comprehensive repair estimate for insurance purposes. We document the identified damage, develop a detailed scope of the necessary repairs, prepare the estimate, document supplemental damage discovered during the repair process, and coordinate with your insurance carrier or adjuster throughout the claim.
The phrase that governs a property claim is pre-loss condition — returning the vessel to the state it was in before the loss. That standard is set by the scope of repair, which means the quality of the scope determines whether the standard is actually met.
Statewide, Including Boats That Cannot Move
Our facility is at 3601 SE Dixie Highway in Stuart. Our service area is the state of Florida.
After a storm, a large share of damaged vessels cannot safely run under their own power — and some cannot be launched at all. We provide boat transportation statewide, including for disabled vessels, and we coordinate haul-out where it is required. Florida had 997,102 registered recreational vessels in 2025 according to FWC, spread across every county in the state; transport is what makes serving them a real offer rather than a claim on a website.
What We Commit To
Free initial storm damage inspection. A 24-hour storm response hotline answered by a live person. Guaranteed inspection within 48 hours. Statewide Florida service with boat transportation available. Complete repair capability in-house — fiberglass, structural, gelcoat and paint, electrical, and electronics.
Get Your Storm Damage Documented Properly
Free inspection. Within 48 hours. Anywhere in Florida.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How soon after a storm should I have my boat inspected?
As soon as it is safe. Early inspection prevents secondary damage — water intrusion left in a cored structure keeps spreading, and an undetected bilge pump failure can sink a boat at its slip — and it produces documentation while the storm event is clearly established.
Do you handle hurricane damage?
Yes, including vessels off trailers or jack stands, boats driven ashore, dry-storage and rack damage, and vessels that sustained multiple loading events in one storm.
My boat has a crack in the gelcoat. Is that structural?
Sometimes, and you cannot tell from the surface. Impact events regularly produce laminate damage that extends well beyond the visible crack, and delamination is progressive. A gelcoat crack after a storm should be assessed, not just filled.
Will you work with my insurance company?
Yes. We document the damage, develop the scope of repair, prepare the estimate, document supplemental damage found during the repair, and coordinate with your carrier or adjuster throughout the claim.
What if my boat took water?
Submersion and significant water intrusion require an urgent and different process covering engines, electrical systems, and every submerged component. Call the storm line as soon as possible — this is one of the few situations where days matter.
Can you get my boat if it cannot run?
Yes. We provide statewide boat transportation for disabled vessels and coordinate haul-out where needed.
What does “pre-loss condition” mean?
It is the standard a property claim is measured against — returning the vessel to the condition it was in immediately before the loss. It is defined in practice by the scope of repair, which is why the scope matters so much.