Rented Mule

I also have a fabric hatch cover and two bilge pumps. One is fixed on centerline at the keel trunk and another that is loose so I can empty it out while heeled. They got a good workout last week during the Harvest Moon Regatta.

Thought about taking mine offshore in about 2001 - popped a hole throught he hull to install a sensor. Took one look a the lam and decided against it.

Two years ago the mule boys did harvest moon. Conditions were more dramatic than what you are describing but from all reports they ducked into a port half-way down. Rumor has it they were ready to give the thing away - and those boys are pretty hard core.

Great boat for protected water or lake sailing.

ok, i'm also a P....

Definitely didn't bail out halfway. 120 miles upwind in big wind and big seas. Worst trip ever but the boat did fine. There was a lot of damage that weekend, but none of it done to the Mule.

I don't see any refernce to a backlight on a Prostart.

No backlight for night use, correct?

No light.

I did this last summer on my trailer with the same bunk setup replacing the plywood completely.  Before you cut the FRP from the wood, make some reference marks on both surfaces and measure the angles between them so that the final bonding of the new pieces goes smoothly.  Getting the fore/aft angle of the FRP piece to match was the hardest part for me.  My wood was two layers of 3/4" ply (I used marine ply) which I epoxied together and put some screws through to keep them aligned while the epoxy set.  I wrapped the whole thing in a layer of cloth.  Then I transferred the marks from old ply to new ply carefully. I put thickened epoxy on the mating surfaces, put them together and made sure they were lined up as before and let that set. I filleted the panels and put a few layers of fiberglass tape over that and everything got a couple coats of topside paint.  Drill the holes where it joins the trailer oversize, fill with epoxy, drill again - the standard routine.