Leo Lerner
New Member
Right, I've just been given a 1980 Laser - Suffolk Mud - and having given it a good look over, only one thing seems to be wrong with it: gravel in the hull.
I think that someone must have left it on a beach without a bung, and waves swept hundreds of tiny pebbles into the boat.
My boatman cut a 4" hole next to the daggerboard casing, but it's very difficult to get the stones out, because I can't get them right under the hole.
I've tried with a hoover, and with water pressure, but neither worked.
I think that I may have to cut another hole in either the stern or underneath where the rudder would go.
Can anyone tell me what the best thing to do would be. I don't want the sound of hundreds of stones swishing back and forth every time I hike out!
P.S. If possible, please could I also have some advice on how to install an Inspection hatch, post hole forming.
Thanks.
I think that someone must have left it on a beach without a bung, and waves swept hundreds of tiny pebbles into the boat.
My boatman cut a 4" hole next to the daggerboard casing, but it's very difficult to get the stones out, because I can't get them right under the hole.
I've tried with a hoover, and with water pressure, but neither worked.
I think that I may have to cut another hole in either the stern or underneath where the rudder would go.
Can anyone tell me what the best thing to do would be. I don't want the sound of hundreds of stones swishing back and forth every time I hike out!
P.S. If possible, please could I also have some advice on how to install an Inspection hatch, post hole forming.
Thanks.