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Thanks, @calicamper, @Howard70, and @Mickey Bitsko. On Friday, I was able to speak with somebody at Pelican Kayaks, which bought out Elie. Linda said she'd try to get in touch with an Engineer tomorrow (they had all left for the weekend) & perhaps get me a solution. I'll speak with them, look...

Thanks, @Howard70. The rivets designed for plastic/composite in McMaster Carr require a hole through the hull, though, which I'd rather avoid. Where the keel extension is located, the hull appears to be thicker, because the threads that were previously inserted hadn't penetrated the hull...

We own an Elie Sound 120xe fishing kayak that has a problem. There is a removable "keel extension" that screws into the kayak's hull. The metal threads that were inserted into the hull (to hold the keel extension) have been stripped out, so I cannot screw in a replacement 1/4-20 bolt. Here is...