Beneteau381

The only boats I’ve seen in Birkenhead are the ferries across the Mersey!

So maybe you're better off not disturbing the builders' competent work?

A couple of photos with the original question, showing the screw heads, the access problems and the glassing in would have forestalled...

You obviously are 🤷‍♂️ Now, instead of finding reasons why it's difficult, get on with finding the solutions. They went in - they'll...

If, as the title suggests, you are anxious about them then you have two choices - work out how to get them out to check, or stop...

The black gunk is almost impossible to dissolve. I know a fellow member did it using petrol. The height depends, the builder should have...

I thought it was outside?

My anecdotal data may be wrong - but my impression is you are much more likely to drown getting on or off the dinghy than washed off the...

There are credible reports of Great Whites e.g. off the western end of Sicily, and Thresher sharks are regular migratory visitors to UK...

When Rambler 100 capsized in the Fastnet Race the EPIRB failed to work - as stuck under hull? The crew were only saved because a couple...

True...even a small cold chisel and hammer could do it

To be honest I don’t think this is a hard job…sure, it’s a pain in the arse job…and will waste a day you’d rather be doing something...

I've got some tiny cold chisels, 1/4" or less, which have been very useful. Could even be ground narrower if necessary.

Don't start me! I have things to sell on this forum and a ban would have a deleterious effect on business.

As much as we don’t get on, the best piece of advice here. Basically the same as the Whitlock post. Fiddle, heat, tap, freeing oil, your...