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Thanks, wwh. Good suggestion. I was hoping some sunny days might help, but didn't notice much of a difference. To avoid messing with the outfitting too much, I did the ol' hot water trick to make it easier to work a little extra foam between thwart & saddle. This almost completely eliminated the sli...

I've had surprisingly good results with Loctite Vinyl, Fabric & Plastic flexible adhesive. It's available almost everywhere. I used it on two d-ring patches in kind of a time crunch the first time. One patch came off about six months later when I forgot to tighten down the thigh strap for transport....

Daang, straight from the source! Thanks for the reassurance. I figured I was probably overthinking it. It's really difficult to see in the low res pics, and on the white plastic in general. In any case, I ended up paddling the thing a little last night and it exceeded all expectations. Such an aweso...

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Esteemed CBoaters, I've been looking for short open boat and am considering a used Blackfly Option for sale locally. Overall, the boat seems to be in good shape, although well-used. My only concern is that the bottom of the hull, toward the stern or under the saddle, seems to be flattened or very sl...