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All that sounds good to me , And of course running welds can be used to your advantage with Bends in the plate G

As a matter of interest what type of welder are you going to. Use for the planks ? ark / or mig you are making a wonderful job of this build. You should be proud of your self Graham

Very nice just keep as is Graham

Unfortunately we seam to be in a replace world now in garages we had mechanics now there fitters as fit new bits

I agree with all you say Tony , but repairing is old day stuff like leading car body’s in stead of body filler

Why would you cut the post that is ridiculous all they need is a clean with sand paper unless the post is burnt away from having a loose clamp then it’s a new battery

Where I use to work we had about 400 buses and for the psv test the battery’s had to have the poles cleaned with sand paper then the clamps fitted. after that it was sprayed with a protector

The expertise and information are endless on this forum

This looks like it maybe what you need but as I said before it’s not for the faint hearted you would have to check the sizes G

Tony. It would be a big job to do as you say. It would involve removing the frame from the boat then splitting the frame it’s made in two parts held by screws. cleaning the glass etc and getting the correct type of seal yes it could be done but a big job if you don’t know what your doing G

I may have missed it but did you get the water out the tap or from a hose pipe ?