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clean off the old wax and dirt first by hand using a strong soap or even acetone alone may be enought , if your not experianced with a powered polishing/buffing tool you may rub through the gelcoat. as its a fairly new boat you probably dont need to use a rubbng compound to reflat and polish the...

thin gel coat, i have the same on my older boat its only about 1mm thick

there is quite a variation on measurements either to manufacturing and parts are also made in imperial and metric, on my older 642272 boat i had to replace the gudegons, gooseneck and mainsheet pulley all the new fittings (metric) had to be filed out to align

plasti-kote satin works well on my old foils, good for 3-4 seasons, one large can with a good key between coats

if it was broken off inside the deck you could of used a hollow core drill bit to extract the old bolt and then refill the hole with resin

thats a no i recon, the alloys aged brittle and corroded and really has reached end of life. if you could find a tube with the correct dimensions to sleeve it on the outside it will not have the flex that the mast requires for sail shape and maybe too wide to insert in the mast step

what wind speed in knots do you call as your medium wind any info on boat handling/adjustments on strong tidal waters ?

hi guys heres an update and review on a few i have tried gul-in a size small adult these have a very loose fit on the thighs so the batterns have a tendancy to see-saw underneath, have a wide-ish cut on the hips and a narrow waist. quite an odd cut i thought gill are almost the same as the gul...

anyone know of a good brand of hikers in shorter sizes for adults? tried the latest offerings from gul, gil,musto and have found that they seem have been cut for slim cut waists (28-30") chests about (33-36) but out of proportion thighs (22-25") the result is i can just about sqeeze into but is...

the easiest way i have found to remove rusted/sheared bolts is to use a hollow diamond bit + dremel this will leave a nice round clean hole to bond in a plug or a expanding insert :)