despite your experience so far, I will agree with Dean. The 5-minute type epoxies don't seem to have the strength of other epoxies. They seem to be easily weakened by water and UV exposure.

Your boat looks great. I have come to agree with you that it benefits from a rudder.

: It might be somewhat weaker, but I didn't have 72 hours to wait for each one
: to cure and it's plenty strong to hold on the hatches. I just had some
: problems that weren't overcome yet.

: 1; The forward hooks were put on only about 10 hours prior to launch. 2: I
: only had 1 hook on each side. 3: The front straps were way too tight. My
: friend said that he didn't even dare open it because he thought he would
: break something. 4: I noticed that I did not have epoxy covering the
: entire bottom of the hooks. When I pressed them on, some epoxy squeezed
: out and when I let go there were gaps left that weren't bonded. The second
: time I filled in the gaps around the edges to get a good bond. 5: The sun
: was really cooking the non-cured epoxy. 6: The back ones were looser
: (about right) and they never came off.

: Since I worked out all of these bugs (with Shawns help) I've had no problems
: at all.