Bobsprit wrote:

Wally, you're going to get plenty of real advise on this one

And Bobsprit also wrote:

... join a few of the Sailnet groups which could provide you
with FAR more genuine info that this group can provide.

You're contradicting yourself.


If you want a "proper" repair, you need to rebed those U bolts, even
if you have to cut them out. It's done all the time on low-end boats.
Most recently I watched a guy do exactly that job on a small Chrysler
boat.

The boat has a cabin lining which is a single-piece GRP moulding. There's an
air gap between this and the hull, and I can just get my fingers into the
gap, accessed from inside the settee berth. I used a little mirror to try
and get a look, and I can just see the inside of one of the U-bolts (three
per side). I reckon the chances of getting at the nuts with a socket set are
somewhere between minimal to hopeless, so I'm going to look into the
possibility of cutting apertures in the liner to gain access that way.
There's a glued-on moulded shelf on the liner where I'd want to do the
cutting, so I need to try and get that off first.


But wouldn't you prefer more feedback from a far bigger group
that this one?

Get a clue, Wally. Puh-lease!

Lame.


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Wally
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