Nitty-gritty
Ok, if you are checking on the site to see pictures of cocktails and sunsets, you're going to have to wait about two months.
If you are looking for down and dirty maintenance and repair details, you have come to the right place. Here are, literally, the nuts and bolts of the hardware installation I just finished.
To install new hardware in the deck (I decided the winch on the starboard side of the cabin needed to move so the new clutches would fit) I drilled out the holes with a bit bigger than the 1/4" bolts used to hold the parts to the boat. Then I filled those holes with epoxy (the cabin top is perhaps the one place on the boat where the fiberglas core is actually still dry). Then I marked the holes and drilled them for the 1/4" stainless steel bolts.
Then I made a template showing where the bolts came through into the cabin so I could cut and drill stainless steel backing plates. Then I put the whole thing together with bedding compound so nothing leaks.
