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Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:35 am Posts: 40 Location: Paris, France
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My story might help you decide what to do according to the nice advices you got in the previous message : I gave my Hobie 14T hulls to the local boatyard guy for a new gelcoat, the old one was really damaged and used by the beaching without mentionning the monstruous "scorpion" decals on the hulls... I removed the gudgeon and screws before that and thought I just had to put some new screws (the original hobie ones with the plastic thing on the thread) and go sailing.
Early august, on my vacation spot, I retrieved the beautiful white hulls and start to fix the screws...and then it went bad : the thread in the hulls (the aluminum plate) was too large and the screw didn't hold, I could remove them with my nails... It took some time on the desert place where I am to locate a tap the size over along with larger diameter screws but I had to tap one size larger so the screw could hold tight in the hulls.
Conclusion : I lost one week of sailing out of 10 days of vacation there...and I didn't even tried to setup the hobie cat as these three last days there was no wind. Next year should be OK !
Nicolas
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