Hunter 460 Padeye installation

Oct 30, 2012
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Hunter 460 Norfolk, VA
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I was told my Hunter has embedded in the fiberglass, aluminum backing plates for installing deck hardware such as Pad-eyes for an asymmetrical spinnaker. Can someone confirm if that’s true? Also, I was told the flat areas along the rails are where they are located which make sense. Please let me know if anyone can confirm and also thickness of backing plates as I’d like to drill and tap them if they are thick enough to hold a pad eye without stripping the threads. See flat oval spot just behind stanchion in picture, suspect this is embedded backing plate area if they exist. Thanks
 

Mikem

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Dec 20, 2009
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Hunter 466 Bremerton
I have padeyes installed there port and starboard used for asym or spinnaker. Came with the boat, factory installed.