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A grout removal blade (thinner is better) works perfectly to remove the old bonding agent, and gives you a nice clean surface for the epoxy to bind to. And don't be afraid to try, the worst that can happen is that you'll put a few more scratches in a free boat.

The zip file you wanted to download is from 2004, and it turend out the file inside the zip wasn't a jpg, but a Claris / Apple Works file. Luckily LibreOffice still can handle those, so here is the file in a more modern format.

If you look at the gap, you will see that there are three layers: Outside fiberglass, "glue", inside fiberglass. You could enlarge the gap with an oscillating multi tool and a grout blade by removing the glue. The gap will then be large enough to fill, and the fiberglass will be clean.

And be aware that the people in the Netherlands are usually pretty fluent in English, so just shoot them an e-mail/call them, even if the website is in Dutch.

What are your transport options ? A quick search didn't turn up any Laser rentals on the sea coast, but there are a lot of options on the inland waters.

It looks like a power struggle, LP has the trademark, and is using that as leverage over ILCA to get their way. ILCA has the contract, and apparently has been trying for years to get LP to cooperate. Looks to me like both parties aren't happy, but as the worldwide organisation, ILCA had to do...

So the organisers of a race can decide what is allowed in that race ?

So according to the rules, use of onboard camera's and GPS trackers is also illegal. This means that the last Olympics were in violation as well : I would think that having electronics on board that aren't used during the race should be allowed.