cyrano138
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Well, with the exception of pulling the deck plate halfway out of its apparently rotten backing block, I didn't break anything when I launched the boat for the first time this evening and sailed it around for a while. It sails much differently than any boat I've ever had before. It feels very light and squirrely compared to the Hobie 16 I'm used to and obviously compared to bigger boats. But, I like it immensely. It moved along very nicely in the offshore winds we had blowing this evening and I think I can get a lot of use out of it traveling up and down the Gulf Coast short distances to go to some of my favorite spearfishing spots.
Now all I have to do is cut another hole in the deck find some aluminum backing plates replace and rebed the cleats and she'll be good to go.
Now all I have to do is cut another hole in the deck find some aluminum backing plates replace and rebed the cleats and she'll be good to go.