[dakota]

Started the engine for the first time and let it run for about 20 minutes. While it was running, I noticed what looked like cracks forming on the passenger side footbox. By the time I shut it off and let it cool down it had spider webbed over a pretty large area. The driver's side has a little area, but not nearly the size of the passenger side. Initially hoped that it was just the paint, but took a sander to it and some chunks started coming off. It's definately the gelcoat that's cracked and is flaking off. Has anyone else had this happen, and how would you fix it??

I could probably sand the gelcoat completly off in that area, but how big of an area would I have to do to make sure it didn't happen again? Would I have to worry about any subsequent layers of the fiberglass doing the same thing?

Thanks,
Wade