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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShipwreckStew" data-source="post: 318233" data-attributes="member: 10877"><p>Been a while since I've posted, but there have been some updates.  I have put this boat through the paces and have found some more things to fix, and I'm sure there will always be more things to improve upon.  I had struggled with some leaking replacement screws from the knee brace that I added in and tried several times to solve the problem.  I put silicone on and it didn't stick, then I tried JB marine weld that I had left over from some other hole repairs and painted over that.  It lasted about an hour on the water.  And today, I took the old screws out, cleaned all the sand and dirt out of the bottom and put new screws with rubber and metal washers with a layer of polyurethane caulk between each piece (pictured below).  I had took the boat out on an overnight camping trip last weekend and was a little dismayed to find that my bilge stopped working.  After checking the inline fuse and still not coming up with the problem, I noticed that it had separated at the splice from the positive end of the bilge to wire leading to the switch, and that has been replaced.</p></blockquote><p></p>