Hello fellow H26 owners.
some of you may recall that I posted a plan to build a Barton-style removable travelled. I’ve determined that the cockpit locker will prevent clearance. I’m now looking at a permanent install on the bridge deck. @Crazy Dave Condon has said in the past that you need really good backing here. So I’m thinking of using a second piece of track as the backing plate.
I need to figure something out first and I need some knowledge I don’t have.
1) is there an embedded aluminum plate in the bridge deck?
See pics
The companionway stairs bolt up and into the bridge deck just behind the the bracket seen in the first pic. When I knock along the bridge deck there is a definite change in tone.
if there is an embedded aluminum plate. I’ll need to bring a tap and dye set out to the boat to thread the plate for the middle two fasteners of the T-track.
thanks in advance
some of you may recall that I posted a plan to build a Barton-style removable travelled. I’ve determined that the cockpit locker will prevent clearance. I’m now looking at a permanent install on the bridge deck. @Crazy Dave Condon has said in the past that you need really good backing here. So I’m thinking of using a second piece of track as the backing plate.
I need to figure something out first and I need some knowledge I don’t have.
1) is there an embedded aluminum plate in the bridge deck?
See pics
The companionway stairs bolt up and into the bridge deck just behind the the bracket seen in the first pic. When I knock along the bridge deck there is a definite change in tone.
if there is an embedded aluminum plate. I’ll need to bring a tap and dye set out to the boat to thread the plate for the middle two fasteners of the T-track.
thanks in advance