Weight equalisation system

Your centreboard slot should be fine as long as the board doesn't move while sailing, from memory I think the board is a bit smaller than the case on all the boats. If it does move have you tried filling up the back of the case with epoxy? Or perhaps having a couple of rubber stops on the top of the board, one near the front one near the back to stop the board rocking back and forth?

Weight-wise, the rules say you can substitute fittings from other suppliers as long as they perform the same function, as the weight just has to be heavy it certainly fills the same function, and if you count your dad as a supplier then in theory you're fine! Although if you are below 70kg you don't have to carry the weight.

ive just sorted out the back of my daggerboard case, get a piece of wood and a felt tip pen, wedge the pen into the back of the case with the piece of wood (prop the wood into the front of the case and get hammer), then check there are no holes (send someone under the boat with a torch, if you can see light between the pen and the case work something else out) and finnally just drip un thickened epoxy down the gap. leave it a bit low and the last bit can be done with gelcoat. it worked fine and the boat was a lot drier at the bloody mary than it has been. the only problem is the bit of green plastic left in the case, im calling it "strengthening".

as for the lead, i can't see why it wouldn't be class legal, as jamie says, lead is only there to be heavy. however there is something in the rules about it being distributed symetrically about the centre line.

Thanks Guys,

I'll have another look at my board when sailing at the weekend. If i tie the elastic tight enough i don't think it does moves.

Thanks for the idea Mike, my boat is dry with no leaks and 'major' repairs so i doubt its much heavier... with my new sail i was wooping the other 6's, B14 and 29er last week i some mini races

Just thought of another quick question...

I've just had fitted a new mast track but i've still got the old sail feeder on. When hoisting my sail i could only hoist about an inch at a time as it poped out between the sail feeder and track. We took the feeder off, filled it with epoxy and drilled a new hole and grove but havn't yet tried it. I really should buy a new one is there a specific one i need?

Thanks again

Mark.