Fiberglass is strong stuff, but not that strong. Now that's something we've never seen before. But the glass on this boat was also so thin that creasing it was made possible. Then we starting thinking and comparing these two Carvers with the 46 Bertram just down the road that broke loose, wiped out half a marina, took out part of a restaurant built on 12' telephone pole pilings and ended up in a heap against a concrete retaining wall with a pile of other boats. You can see pictures of it in the 46 Bertram review.
Hole cut here is for a test coupon in way of area where outer laminate started peeling off.
Bottom flexing was so bad here that even the paint flaked off. The delamination can be seen inside the hole. Our next exposure came with a 46 Carver wherein the owner had decided to add a cockpit extension to the hull. After going into the yard, the after interior was stripped out, then they removed the exhaust pipes from the transom. Problem was, water started pouring out of the balsa cored transom and hull sides.