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well i did not get a reply on the project, so i went blindly ahead. i could not pull a new wire thru, got to thinking with the sandwiched foam construction i assume the wire is buried in the foam. after close inspection i found the wire had pretty much rotted away at the two ends. the stern wire was only about a inch out of the hull and was difficult to splic but i cleaned it up and soldered a new wire onto it. same for the bow. if this does not hold, i am not sure what can be done the next tiem.
monti