I've realised that we must change the reaching hooks on 'Armed Forces' to the buttons that most other people use. |
Hi Chris, |
Just aft of the shroud, not far enough back for the crew to sit on them. Through bolt with countersunk machine screw and nyloc nut into the meaty part of the angled gunwhale, make sure you put some epoxy or varnish down the hole to seal it and back both ends of the machine screw with a washer to spread the load. |
The gucci solution, as fitted by Kev Driver on Business as Usual, is to land the mushroom on a stainless steel ferule (to get the height right) and then bolt through a mahogany slug epoxied into the sycamore gunwale (better compression resistance). Big penny washer on the back, which is landed on a "plinth" of epoxy to spread the load. |
These are the little beasties you need, http://www.sail-sport.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=1208 |