Welcome To The Wonderful
world of minicell and Dap cement. A boat is not really yours until you done some dap and minicell (well… that’s my motto anyway)
sing
There may be enough surface area…
…to hold the pads without removing the Velcro, so by all means try it that way. My comments on pop rivets were more for information than a suggestion.
Stop what you ar doing immediately!
Outfitting that is. OK to lose lots more weight.
That way you can sell me the '18 at a substantial discount.
Jim