Stick to your guns.

[aquaplane]

When you look for a rigid tender and decide that a GRP one will be less maintenance, buy a GRP one, not a wood one.

At least don't put your foot through the wood floor on a soft spot when you rig it for the first time.

Oh, and after you stick gaffer tape over the leaky floor to go for a sail, make sure you have a paddle for when the shroud pulls the fitting out of the gunwal and the whole rig goes over the side.

[Telo]

Oh dear...............

[Silkie]

Bought a bit of a bargain Bob?

[sahona]

just imagine this scenario in the hands of a less experienced buyer in poor conditions.
perhaps the vendor should have offered a caution.
Just a thought

[ash]

So the slowness of the epoxy going off is/was the least of your problems!!

Is the rig any good? I seem to remember Silkie had a (different flavour of ) hull lacking a rig - but that was a while ago.

Ash

[aquaplane]

So the slowness of the epoxy going off is/was the least of your problems!!
Ash

The epoxy was last W/E, all the damage was the W/E before.
To add insult to injury, the repair leaks like a stuck pig, and it's leaking into the side tank then through a cr@p joint into the bottom of the boat. So now I have to tape/epoxy all the way round the inside of the boat and get enough jollop on to seal the big scab I've fixed to the outside. It should sail round in circles well when I've done.

I have an adjustable fitting for the shroud so I don't have to go into the same screw holes as before. It may be best to test it in less than a F5, it was going really well before it gave in and went over the side.