I had the exact same problem on a 17 I am rebuiding. I cut acess ports between the front socket and the daggar board. Then I wrapped the socket from the inside with glass tape and epoxy. there is no easy way to do it, just reach in with your hand and smear it around. Then I used some thickened epoxy carefully in the socket to fill in any gaps and sanded it with a rotary sanding drum on a spade drill bit extensoin. It is messy and time consuming. Where the socket meets the bottom of the hull, I injected thichened epoxy under any loose spots and used 2" then 4" tape with thickened epoxy, all of this after a scrub brush and acetone on the area.



For the rear pocket, I am still wotking on it but the damage is less and it looks like I will be able to fix it from the outside of the boat by carefully sanding and building back up. It is like working on someones molars though.



If anyone has any other ideas on how to fix the sockets so they are usable with the wings, less siliconeing the wings in, it would be great to hear what you did.



Also, I need a used H17 daggar board and springs if someone has a usable one they would let go for less that a new one.