Hi Rolf,

Thanks for your reply! As we are heading towards a race on sea coming weekend (more forces on the boat with the waves coming in), it might be smart to fix this. So I think we'll start in a few hours from now.

To completely understand your story I was wondering what you mean by "compression pads"? Are those the plates inside the beam? (I want to be sure I'm hitting the right part!)

And by a 2 x 4 you mean a peace of wood? (still trying to learn English)

And if yes, after hitting them out, how to replace them again? (just glue?)

After doing some research I found a picture from the beam and a drawing from The Infusion (We have an Inter 18) which looks kinda similar. After taking of the beam cap, and taking out the bolts, we still face the "bolts housing" Or is this the part to remove?