Equipment needed: Allen key set, hand router, acetone, adequate safety equipment, 40 grit sandpaper, wax, gel and hardener, resin and hardener, fibre glass matting, marker pen, masking tape, brushes.

• Use the Allen key to undo the grub screw located in the skeg operating slider near the cockpit area (this will release the skeg wire from the skeg slider)
• Turn the kayak over (upside down) and use the Allen key to undo the two Allen key bolts on the front and the back of the skeg cassette. Then pull the skeg cassette out and the wire should follow
• Inspect the area of where the damage is and mark with a marker pen the length of area which has released
• With the hand router, carefully router the damaged area alongside the plastic lip of the skeg box (try not to router any of the plastic lip away), also try not to plunge the router in too deep, only about 8mm deep. Use the markers previously drawn as a guide to the length needed to be routered away
• Clean area up of any dust and grit, then using masking tape, tape area up to stop any splashes of resin or gel to get on to the kayak
• Mix a little resin with hardener and wet out little bits of fibre glass matting, fill the hole which has been routered out with the wetted out matting
• Use a brush to stuff it in, but just enough to make sure that there is no air
• Leave to harden
• Once hardened, sand down smooth with the 40 grit sand paper, then mix the gel with hardener (also put a little wax in so it's not sticky afterwards). Brush the gel on top of the repaired area, clean away any drips etc with a cloth dipped in acetone (use gloves etc)
• When complete follow steps 1 and 2 in reverse order to re-connect the skeg cassette.