I recently purchased a yellow Hobie 16 for cheap - just to get it out of the weeds of a friend's backyard. Not sure of the year or if perhaps there's a way to determine this based off of sail number, etc...The boat has had quite a bit of use - biggest concern is deck delam and this blog thread has been most helpful in understanding this type of repair. I'm curious about the extent to which resin injection will solve my issue.
All methods the same, it seems that the success of injecting resin into the hull foam will depend largely on the severity of deck damage.
In my boat's case, the symptoms are for an area similar to that shown in miller's Oct. 09, 2015 diagram. The rails, bow and 6" surrounding the pylons are solid. When I push on the middle of the deck forward of the pylons with my palm, however, there's substantial play - as much as ~3/4" depression in places, with a distinct foam "crunch" or "crackling" sound[/color] - (censored) is soft. Again, at least 2" inboard of the rails, sometimes more, is still solid. This video shows symptoms definitely more pronounced than mine, but not far off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL33jMcV4oM**Is a deck with this much play and this formidable crunch sound still repairable with resin holes, or does it likely merit open surgery to replace the damaged foam, and perhaps fiberglass?**