Somehow this is as satisfying as a fishing report 

Ha ha! Yes, especially for me!

Looks like a winner!

Got it!

It was slow and tedious, but here's what worked for me...

1. Drilled down the center with a 1/8" LH drill bit.
2. Tried using a bolt extractor. However, it wasn't gripping at all, which was not surprising since it said to use a 7/64" drill bit (Doh!)
3. Drilled out the 1/8" hole with an 11/64" bit (RH bit, because that's all I had).
4. Then I got the idea to use a 1/4-20 tap to clean out the remaining stainless that was stuck in the threads.
5. I couldn't get the tap to start, so I drilled out the hole with 13/64" (RH) bit, which is the recommended size for 1/4-20 tap.
6. I could then tap the threads down about 1/4", but the tap was a thru-tap, so it would hit the bottom at that point.
7. I needed to tap threads down to about 3/4", so I used my angle grinder to cut off the bottom of the tap, in effect making it a blind tap.
8. Finished tapping the hole.
9. Done!

I'd say the key was drilling thru the bottom of the stuck bolt. Of course, that was the most nerve-racking part too, as it would have been easy to drill thru the bottom of the fitting and the plastic below it too. Fortunately, that did not happen. Anyways, once the bottom of the bolt was drilled through, it was just a matter of (carefully...) getting the remaining stainless out of the threads.

Today, I took my new (to me) 2011 Hobie Adventure to the SC harbor to test out a modified Mirage drive. I used this homebrew trailer to carry my kayak. I parking along the street and wheeled the kayak down to the "A" dock.

When I was done, a guy walked by as I was loading the kayak onto the trailer, and he said he was looking for a trailer just like mine and asked me where I bought it! I thought that was kinda funny, as it looks very homemade to me. Anyways, I told it was homemade, but that the Yakima Rack and Roll trailer is essentially the same.

Still a ton of anchovies by the Pier. Just jigged some up for tomorrow's derby.

I was pedaling around the harbor for an hour testing out a few things today. Anchovies are thick in the harbor (aerators are running to try to prevent a smelly mass die-off), and I assume they are thick outside the harbor too.

Most phones these days are pretty waterproof. Not 100%, you will probably need to let it dry out before charging with a cord, but waterproof enough to survive a splash or a dunk.

I use GaiaGPS on the water, and on a long day, I need to recharge, so not being able to charge a phone that has gottne slightly damp is a problem. I tried a wireless charger too, and it was even more finicky than a corded charger.

For my iPhone, I now use an OtterBox, which covers the charge port. If it's dunked under water, I'm sure that it won't keep the charge port dry enough, but it seems to do the job if there are a few minor splashes, wet fingers, etc.

The problem I now have is that once I hook up the charger, I put the phone and charger in a plastic bag to keep everything dry, and it overheats before it's completely charged.

The bottom line is that I find it very annoying to have a "waterproof" phone that isn't...

I don’t understand how Kokatat can not have drysuit booties, as they are an integral part of the suit.

Btw, I had a somewhat similar situation when my Kokatat (semi)drysuit was unrepairable, and Kokatat no longer produced the same suit. They replaced it with a different drysuit that was worth more than what I paid for the unrepairable one. Great customer service!

100 lbs plus on the hull weight - 185 lbs fully rigged. Ugh. Hobie being Hobie.

I don’t think that has changed since the remodel in 2015.