I’ve read that it is advisable to seal deck eyes on new hulls to prevent potential water ingress. Presumably this is best done by removing the deck eyes first?

Is there any danger that this might weaken the grip on the threads when reinserting?

Should the deck eyes be reinserted before the seal is dry?

Any and all advice appreciated

David

My advice, and iirc that of others, is to leave 'em alone unless you have a problem ("if it ain't broke...."). As you say, risk of weakening the threads and making a non-problem into a bad one...?

My 95 is a few years old and I've not had leaks.

Edited Wednesday at 10:573 days by Colin Helliwell

Sound advice. Many thanks

This advice applied to older hulls. If you have a V7 DF65 it's unnescessary

Mmm. That sounds like good news for 65s. We’re up to V3 in DF95s, do you happen to know if these are equally exempt from the issue?