Resin does not form a good physical bond to old fiberglass and is subject to easily peeling off. I'd consider doing the outside repair using west syst...

.Edited by traphappy on Oct 22, 2019 - 03:42 PM.

Often the holes are larger than the bolts on the new boats, but things stay put. The beam may sit well if you seat it in a thick vat of silicone, tigh...

On a lot of saltwater boats, bolts and threads are fused together. I'd take stuff apart that can be taken apart and put some Tef-gel in. Same if you i...

Great information. Thank you! I am looking forward to seeing pictures of the setup when you have time. I am also interested in exploring the idea of r...

I am guessing that the experience of having that line slip in the Harken 150 (when another line worked great with the cleat) suggests that the Coppa 5...

I'd like to adopt Sam's idea (run downhaul line back), but preserve the line that I have (currently cut and joined with sister clip) if I can splice i...

Sam, I don't take the mast down a lot. I will ditch the sister clips. I would love to splice the existing line. It is FSE Robline 8-plait Dinghy Line ...

Sam, leading the downhaul aft sounds like a banging setup. I really like the idea. Great when downhaul access reaching (crew is more aft) or when sail...

sam just curious: if your d/h line is through the beam ... how does one cleat / uncleat it? The line coming out of the cleat is led aft. The excess i...

Thanks all! As mentioned, the location on the mast is important. They are mounted quite high on the (stock) mast. I also have knobby 8-plait line th...

Until recently, West Marine would price match any competitor. Now, they only do local within 50 miles and Defender. Yup, Defender! I just took some li...

Welcome! Sorry you had this happen. Folks here will give good advice specific to your boat. My general $0.02 advice is always the same. Clean well, us...

Edchris, I am sending you a PM. Thanks.

Playing devil’s advocate.....maybe the inventor of Tef-Gel just wants to sell more Tef-Gel.... Sure, of course. We all need a second yacht... In ...

This is how we fixed a similar leak in the side of P18-2 trunk. It was a bit easier because it was at the joint of the hull and trunk, so easier acces...

I use Boeshield T-9 to lube fittings and prevent galling. Cool. Thanks for sharing. Had never heard of it. Good price too.

I'm not sure that it will do anything by coating the stainless wire inside of a stainless swage fitting. Stainless is only "stainless" if it is expose...

the pitting on the exterior is a symptom - the real issue is the part embedded in glass that is anaerobic. that is where the failures often happen (fr...

I'd be interested in some old school Nacra logos, particularly for N20. Would be good to add some color to the boat.

I learned of Tef-gel from old Catsailor posts. It's worked great on all my rivet fittings and dolphin striker bar. I wish I had asked for it before re...

Why not just do the repair, lube up the board, and put it in place? If lubed it should come out without issue.

I will offer two ideas that are probably both bad... But hey, who knows. First bad idea: Stand boat with bows up (yeah, easy to do, lol), dry thorough...

I've been guilty of largely ignoring the settings of the small jib. Seems like I should be paying more attention to the jib downhaul, rather than just...

Boards up a bit with spin. Two reasons for this. First, you don't need all that lateral resistance. So, reduce drag. Second, it raises the height of t...

Cool. I was mistaken to say traveling out would endanger the rig.

To be clear, traveling or sheeting out can cause mast to break. Mainsail is the backstay when flying spinnaker.

Sail deeper to depower the spin. The I20 is amazingly responsive to rudder adjustments under spin. We've never gone over because the rudder would not ...