Tom-How about replacing the bolts with studs, coming up from the bottom? You can buy bolts (or machine screws) with a plate insead of a head. Prep the holes with epoxy, whicjh yuou have done, then push the new bolts up from the bottom, bedded in epoxy putty, thru the bases on the pulpit, then run down nylock nuts. Another way would be to make some special epoxy putty using West Ssystem's high strength filler and "make" some nuts on the underside of the deck with it. Wax the bolts, thenm push them down anmd pack the epooxy around them. use some longer bolts so that after the epoxy cures you can tigjhten the pulpit as needed. If you want to get really fancy you can cut away some of the balsa from the bottom amnd make the whole thing flush on the bottom but for a pulpit, why bother? Years ago I helped build a 43' carbon catamaran and we fastened down all the deck hardware this was to make it flush on the underside. Lots of work but a very clean job. Absolutely, either way, do a dry run first! jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Frei" <tom.frei@gmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 7:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: bow pulpit question
Hi all. I have a late 70's M17. I've removed almost all of my deck hardware and will paint the deck and then rebed everything once the weather warms up here in North Dakota. I have an idea about rebedding the bow pulpit that I want to run by people who know more than I. After I removed the bow pulpit, I discovered I could fit the boat in my garage. My idea is this: what if I reattached the bow pulpit with rubber gaskets and the normal bolts? This would allow me to remove it every year and then store the boat in my garage. I've already drilled out the original holes, soaked in some epoxy, so I think the holes are safe from being invaded by water. The ruber gasket should help too.
Just an idea. Is it a good one, or should I just rebed the pulpit the normal way and look for a bigger garage?
Thanks!
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