After work on the sheathing of the hull was completed I decided to investigate the shroud mounting locations either side of the coach roof. The original fixtures, chrome plated brass u-bolts, were simply bolted through the deck. Unfortunately the guys that resprayed the interior of the boat for the PO did not really do a good job. Missing backing plates were replaced with washers that just tightened up to a point where they crushed the deck laminate and basically made holes on the inside of the cabin under deck mounting areas. My original plan was to simply cut away a large section of the original laminate, clean out the old ply wood and then replace thicker sections of ply wood back and then seal up with layers of fiberglass cloth and resin.
Look what I uncovered...