I replace the 12" struts with 18", which proves surprisingly easy in that it involved the release of two pairs of fasteners apiece... untroubled by any adhesive.
This itself prompts me to consider that at any point these struts could be swapped out in support for instance of larger motors and propellers requiring more clearance.
For what we are doing here effectively is deconstructing the boat, and separating its elements viz. buoyancy, planing surfaces, hull, fuel, motors: in the way the likes of Rogers and Piano (those legendary songwriters) did with the Lloyds headquarters in London and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Jaques Derrida would be delighted, wouldn't he?
Ed. Not really, no.
