wjejr
Active Member
Hello fellow Sunfishers,
The screws on that hold the bronze plate won't fully tighten, and it seems that over the years water has gotten into the holes and weakened/rotted the wood fibers. The block seems tight to the hull as I can push on the screws and nothing seems to move. Obviously don't want to push too hard. I can think of a couple of options:
1. Drill the holes out carefully to a slightly larger size, and then fill the holes with epoxy mixed with wood flour. I would do this with the boat upside down so the drill shavings fall out and, after filling the holes with thickened epoxy, tape over the holes so that the epoxy would not run out, or
2. Drill out holes to 3/8" and then epoxy in mahogany wood bungs.
In both cases, I would then re-drill with for the wood screws.
Let me know what you think, or if there are other options. At this point I'm not particularly keen about putting in an inspection port in the stern as the boat does not seem particularly heavy.
Thanks in advance for any help and insights.
The screws on that hold the bronze plate won't fully tighten, and it seems that over the years water has gotten into the holes and weakened/rotted the wood fibers. The block seems tight to the hull as I can push on the screws and nothing seems to move. Obviously don't want to push too hard. I can think of a couple of options:
1. Drill the holes out carefully to a slightly larger size, and then fill the holes with epoxy mixed with wood flour. I would do this with the boat upside down so the drill shavings fall out and, after filling the holes with thickened epoxy, tape over the holes so that the epoxy would not run out, or
2. Drill out holes to 3/8" and then epoxy in mahogany wood bungs.
In both cases, I would then re-drill with for the wood screws.
Let me know what you think, or if there are other options. At this point I'm not particularly keen about putting in an inspection port in the stern as the boat does not seem particularly heavy.
Thanks in advance for any help and insights.