seawind is fine , now ive stopped the water ingress , it was the usual hatch bending , ive replaced it with a 6mm clear perspex hatch , ive fitted a rubber d profile seal onto the deck appeture , and fitted 5 m4 x35mm stainless steel nuts n bolts through the deck (sealed with some silicon sealant ) the hatch now seals using some m4 wing nuts ! ive had to rebuild the keel as it looked as if the shark had been to lunch , and my rudder has been coated with grp after i dropped the model trying to load it onto my carrier , it landed rudder first & snapped ! ! the nip is having the resin n matt treatment this week , resin is taking a little longer to set due to the cold weather . having looked at the sail plan shown for fitting a jib sail , i may have to move the mast back to the first point after the keel box in order to get enough clearance for the jib boom ! jon