a beautiful boat should sail forever.
A NEW STAINLESS GAMMON IRON
CLAMP THE GAMMON IN POSITION AND DRILL HOLES THROUGH THE NEW IRON, PUTTING A BOLT THROUGH EACH HOLE AS YOU GO, ALTERNATING SIDES. BE SURE TO DRILL AT CORRECT ANGLE. Fitting was somewhat of a compromise because of my "rack of eye" hand shaping of the bulwark. I through bolted with 3/8 stainless. Using a brad bit doesn't separate the fiberglass from the wood when the drill comes out the other side - or use a drill that you can see coming out and drill back from that side. I had to use a high speed drill bit on the two middle holes to get through a bulwark fastener. I wasn't concerned because there are a lot of fasteners in the bulwark. Even before tightening the bolts the new gammon iron is immovable.
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Comment by bob mitchell on January 4, 2020 at 7:17am
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IN RETROSPECT, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN EASIER TO SCORE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAR STOCK - SO THE SCORE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE GROUND OUT AND WELDED ON THE INSIDE.
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