a beautiful boat should sail forever.
Epoxy the semi plate
First,After making sure everything is oriented I drill the holes through the fiberglass using the FULL circle top plate as a template. I actually drill the top plate and fiberglass with a 17/64" to have a little wiggle room. In this process always insert a bolt after each hole is drilled. Although there is nothing to thread to, the bolts will maintain the orientation of the plate.
Now to the pic. Then I scratch up the area between the holes on the semi plate, wipe with acetone (don't lose your orientation marks) , and apply some JB MARINE epoxy between the holes (see pic). You don't want it in the holes. Clean the underneath fiberglass surface of the tank with acetone as well. Remember, the epoxy goes on the up surface of the semi. Carefully slip the semi thru the opening and up against the fiberglass IN THE PROPER POSITION ,IE DON'T SMEAR THE EPOXY OVER A HOLE! While holding it in place thread in the bolts and lightly tighten them down so the semi plate will be in the correct position when the epoxy sets up in a few hours. Repeat for other plate. I always did a test run before I did the epoxy run.
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