NE Sailboat wrote:

Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the
deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give
the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard.
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NOT!!!!

These days even scrap metal prices have skyrocketed.

Brass is a NO-NO around salt water, aluminum is marginal, S/S would be
a good choice, but a total PITA to machine.

My choice would be epoxy/knitted glass.

Get a couple of yards of double bias, knitted glass, say 17 or 24 OZ.

Lay up about 4-5 layers on a plastic covered sheet of plywood.

(This will provide a panel that has at least 68 OZ of glass, will be a
minimum of about 3/16" thick, and probably stronger than the rest of
your boat.)

When cured, cut pieces to size with a saber saw, then drill as required.

Bed these pieces of glass to the underside of the deck with fairing
putty (Epoxy/micro-balloons) using the stanchion fasteners, just
snugged, to locate and hold ass'y till cured.

Give it a week to cure.

When they grind the boat up for the land fill, those pads will still
be doing their job.

Lew