Greetings to all those of you who took the time to answer my original query about refitting the skegs under my Dawncraft 25. Thank you all. having spent a lot of time trying to make my mind up which way to go, I finally ended up at one end the bar in my local. There I met a learned old character who had spent most of his working life building and repairing boats of all sorts. He was familiar with the Dawncraft fleet, and finally made my mind up with 2 bits of very good advice. "If you replace like for like, you could well get them ripped off, or worse, on a Tesco trolley. Or get stuck on the step in a lock." He assured me that both were very good fun. Plus the final gem, "If it's blowing a gale, you won't be going anywhere anyway. No one will . Try the 4 P's theory. Pub, Pint, Pie, Papers " Nuff said. On the 18th of August, she was craned delicately into the Thames, and I can report that Beau Nydle goes wherever she's put, and is as dry as a bone, which is great considering all the fibreglass mat and resin it took to seal up the bolt holes.. The other terrible thing I've done is to scrap the lower rubbing strip. It was rotting and too near the water line for comfort. Fenders have been lowered and a couple more fitted each side. I'm not going to church to pray for forgiveness. It looks a darned sight better without the strips on. Once again my thanks to all. Happy zigzagging.