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You can attach your hook with stainless steel #10 "self-drilling (sheet-metal)" screws. Pre-drill slightly smaller than the screws (I forget which size). My boat used self-drilling screws to hold the bow handle, which I had eventually had to replace in kind (drilling in a slightly different...

Compared to heavier and larger boats, they are sensitive to where you sit on the boat. If the boat or wind changes direction, you may have to move quickly to prevent a capsize. I'm a beginner, and since last summer, I've only capsized once. That happened when I was raising the sail at a dock...

I have had a bow handle pull out of a 1993 SLI Sunfish, which supposedly has a metal backing plate. The screws look like self-drilling screws (not straight machine screws), and had grey epoxy on them, so the holes may have been previously stripped and repaired. Should I try to reset them in...