C17 open in France

[OlivierP]

Thanks Hank, yes so far so good, just what the doctor ordered.

[OlivierP]

Hi all

I have finally added ball-type one-way scuppers and had a chance to test them for a day of fishing today. They work perfectly ! I've spent the whole morning drifting in pretty agitated water with waves, chop and lots of boats wakes, and not a drop of water entered the cockpit. Only issue, they're a little noisy when the ball falls back in its cage.

Validated and highly recommended !

[forgeandfruition]

Nice piece!

[OlivierP]

I've just installed the Keelshield that was laying around for some time. Man, that was hard, literally a pain in the back as I've been crawling under the trailer for 1 hour at least. An advice to all builders, do it at construction time while the hull is upside down!

It takes quite a few steps: dry fitting the shield, marking the perimeter with masking tape, cleaning, sanding, cleaning again, laying the activator, and finally gluing the shield on the bottom, center first, then both sides.

But I trust it will be worth it, the shield goes up to the skeg, so I should be reasonably protected against unforeseen encounters with the ground.