Sailkb
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My winter project included painting my Sunfish. Weather was decent so I got the boat out and sanded away. I was concerned about taking the strap eyes off (that you tie the traveler to) concerned that there was a backing board on the inside of the boat that might fall into the boat when I removed the screws. I initially left them on, but as I am preparing to paint, I'm thinking how much easier it would be to remove them. I carefully removed the screws on one strap and heard noting drop inside the boat. Whew, I figured whatever backing was there was origninally glued really good. But when I removed the screws from the other strap, sure enough, I hear the backing board drop on the inside. Advice.... Do I need to install an inspeciton port in order replace the backing board? Or is there another solution out there?? Probably a dumb question, and I think I know the answer, but I'm a little bumbed that I just gave myself another half day project on this thing.