[quote=marekli]ok, so I have been out in Mission Bay a few times now and kind of got the "first pass" on the boat rigging and sailing including an "almost flip" while tacking in heavier wind yesterday (we got some GoPro footage on that too....lol). Luckily, we managed to right just about the last fraction of a second before we completely flipped over. Thanks again to davidsd who took me out the second time (first was the sale sea trial) and showed me a lot about how to rig the boat. Then also a couple of other experienced Prindle/Hobie owners that offered their help and spent some time talking things thru over the phone. I also purchased a righting bag for that time that hopefully, won't come up too soon.
There's a few things I need to do in the near future:
1. Replace the standing rigging (a few stays look like they have a couple of wires broken, after we removed the plastic...
2. There's some fiberglass work on the hull near the port holes (not sure whether that's the right word...sry if I got that wrong). That's the area that probably gets treaded and sat on the most. There's cracks on both sides of each hull, that initially look like just cracks in the gel coat but now are clearly going all the way through. They are close to the bend which makes me think that simply layering on fiberglass mats may not do the trick since the top is a lot weaker than the side and takes most of the heat from trading. So probably the best thing to do is to try work in some kind of support from the inside of the hull since it's possible to reach to most of the area using the arm.
Anyone have some pointers where to look up for guidance that would be useful.
I'd like to fix the hull first b/c if that doesn't get fixed right the boat may have a more limited life time...
I will post some pics soon but still need to figure out how that works here...[/quote]
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