Spider Cracks Around Snaps Normal?

[insanepolack]

There is a trick to drilling into the jellcoat and if that wasn't done right then the cracks will appear.

What is the trick???

[Sled491]

the trick is to start drilling the hole with the drill running in reverse.

[zabooda]

If you don't drill that way the rivits or screws puts pressure on the gelcoat. By drilling the gelcoat wider, the rivits or screws are exerting pressure only on the fiberglass underneath. Whoever installed the snaps should have known that as that is a basic rule.