[quote=Edchris177]Update.
I've had the 18 out a few times now, most of the kinks worked out, but I have a few questions.
Daggers- Hobie says 4' of 1/4" bungee. It seems near impossible to stretch the 2' length from the dagger through the deck lip hole, & have enough to tie a knot. Before I cut any, what do you guys use? (I was thinking a single strand of 5/16"). How much "pull" does one need to keep them in place?
I rigged using some old bungee. & stretched it with a piece of line, so tension is adjustable, just to get on the water.
I purchased some of that 3M strip dagger well liner. Where in the well do you use it, & how much?
Is it just at the front/rear, top/bottom edge, or a strip along the side?
Rudder kick up- I have one set pretty good, the other tends to let go at high speed. The spring adjust screws turn easy, to start with, then they get pretty stiff.
Should I take them out, drop the spring & clean? (The boat is sitting on a lift in the water, are there any plungers, or other parts that might fall out & disappear?)
It seems a large screwdriver won't fit up through the casting, a smaller one doesn't have the bite to turn the screw. Any tricks?
I did the reinforce patch back in May.
[quote] The tough part is grinding away the excess glue from the hull/deck seam. You need to grind the glue away and then create a fillet with thickened resin in the corner for the new glass to lay properly without any voids.[/quote]
Mine is a black glue boat. I found the glue to quite brittle. Rather than grind, I used a wood chisel, & a small hammer. It was VERY east to set the chisel right at glue edge, one or two taps & the excess broke of, almost like obsidian. It came off in large chunks which I shop vacced out.
I had the hatch fittings removed, (installed new screw in hatches), the extra room is so useful, I would remove the rings, even if installing the same hatches.[/quote]