Also there seems to be some years of production that handle "soft spots" more than others.
Here in Saudi Arabia, with extreme UV, we always insert inspection ports in our hulls and leave them open to allow the hulls to breathe, therefore dry and we have very little, if any, "soft hull" problems.
But at another nearby club, a Hobie 16 was left with water in a hull and the bungs fitted, then with the extreme heat the inside of the hull must have been like a steambath and destroyed all the foam between the hull sides....the decks were OK.
Also we have a Hobie 16 and a Hobie 17 fitted with Comptips and both are around 10 years old, never covered, always in the sun and shown absolutley no sign of UV damage.
Happy Sailing
Nige
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