Message 6 of 7
Posted by member Peterboo on Tuesday 28 December 2010

if you drill a pilot hole with such a small screw you will lessen its grip over a period of time the weight of a wet rope levering on the wood against the screw will still crack the fillet no need to remove the interior carpet when fixing it from the outside though Howard and its ten times better and easier ,screw the screw just through the hole remove it cut it to length so it doesn't go through the inside carpet and put it back in much quicker and more secure had a few hardy boats and always after a while you will come across the same problem the wood will split along the curve of the boat it did the same with the last boat changed it its still fine after ten years when things do go wrong try to find another way so it doesn't happen again....lots of ways to hit a nail in l take five hits

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Message 4 of 7
Posted by member Peterboo on Monday 20 December 2010

made another one for mine and drilled it from the outside used big headed stainless screws l had left over from fitting trespa to the outside of buildings that way you dont have to remove the inside carpet and you can push up hard on the rope and make it really tight the size of the original angle fillet isnt that good for holding up a wet rope and you will find the the small screws that you fit from the inside will eventually split the wood or loose grip if your out in rough weather which is what happened to mine bit of sickolflex the the hole before you pop the screw in and it will never come off again , lm a joiner so l beefed up the size of the timber fillet just a bit lve plenty of mahogany off cuts in the rack for it

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Posted by member Howard Dearman on Thursday 22 April 2010

Brian My 190 Hardy seawings is (I believe)essentially the same boat as the Navigator.The timber "rope supports" are screw fitted from inside the hull. I removed the timber and had a copy made which was then bedded in on Sikkaflex and screwed from inside.It is at least a two person job! Good luck

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