you will find that if you run a bit of epoxy into the v of the hull from inside and leave it it will fill the gaps and once set you can trim it off and sand it assuming the gaps arent massive lol.6 hrs is plenty of drying time as i say i use 3 hr stuff just means you will need to wait longer for the stuff to dry.by the way ive never been to greece but im told the beers not much better than newcy brown lol!!mind you i think i could handle it for a cpl of weeks in the sun hehe but looks like ill need to stick to best bitter on draught nice and cold mmmmm.