Mario Johnston
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What's up, friends!
Decided to check back in with an end of season update: HUGE Thank You to everyone who have continued to follow this thread and message me with their questions and queries about these kits. I've had so many people hit me up who are considering and/or have purchased Slingshots since I started putting this thing together and I'm happy to help you guys get in the water and be just as happy with these monsters as I am!
So, the season is over and I've had this boat in the water about every 2 weeks or so since spring and I'm happy to report, it's still just as solid and just as fast as ever!!
My sealing job has held up really well for my first attempt. I've only had one area on the stuffing tube brace that has allowed water to creep in. However I believe this to be from me not dulling the edges of the carbon enough before gluing in place.
![20220106_185600.jpg 20220106_185600.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225678-0a032d908e67a0161dcfb2e8ca2953ea.jpg)
I'm still in awe of this thing and slightly scared of her when she's running her +7 prop
but I wouldn't have it any other way!
![20220106_185509.jpg 20220106_185509.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225679-dc16664f2c3c46fa168376a5dc8dabaa.jpg)
![20220106_185650.jpg 20220106_185650.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225680-d6c4cde8e892f69d1b1d61ebc0fd15a6.jpg)
Decided to check back in with an end of season update: HUGE Thank You to everyone who have continued to follow this thread and message me with their questions and queries about these kits. I've had so many people hit me up who are considering and/or have purchased Slingshots since I started putting this thing together and I'm happy to help you guys get in the water and be just as happy with these monsters as I am!
So, the season is over and I've had this boat in the water about every 2 weeks or so since spring and I'm happy to report, it's still just as solid and just as fast as ever!!
My sealing job has held up really well for my first attempt. I've only had one area on the stuffing tube brace that has allowed water to creep in. However I believe this to be from me not dulling the edges of the carbon enough before gluing in place.
![20220106_185600.jpg 20220106_185600.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225678-0a032d908e67a0161dcfb2e8ca2953ea.jpg)
I'm still in awe of this thing and slightly scared of her when she's running her +7 prop
![Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile: 😅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png)
![20220106_185509.jpg 20220106_185509.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225679-dc16664f2c3c46fa168376a5dc8dabaa.jpg)
![20220106_185650.jpg 20220106_185650.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/intlwaters/data/attachments/225/225680-d6c4cde8e892f69d1b1d61ebc0fd15a6.jpg)