You can get some special threaded brackets made for the mounting bolts on
seat pedestals. Same idea as toggle nuts, that you can stick thru the holes
and hold in place w/ a plastic link until the bolt is screwed in. Otherwise,
flip the boat over and inject some thickened epoxy into the holes and
gravity will keep it in place.

"John" wrote in message
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"Matt Colie" wrote in message
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John,

If you move the point where the jib leads first meet the boat outboard,
you will lose some ability to point up (sail into the wind).

Okay; that's about the last thing I want to do!

Without seeing the structure you are dealing with, I am not going to try
to offer a repair method. If the boat is sailed as a class almost
anywhere, then there is probably a class association. Someone there
should be able to provide a good plan to repair.

Nope, it is a "Starwing". Never caught on, or the manufacturer went broke
too fast.