I bought last year a '98 H 260. Soon I noticed the screws of one of the stanchions' legs were loose. This was the port stanchion next to the winch by the companionway. Got useful input from Dave in this forum. Sadly, the aluminum plates embedded in the deck onto which these screws are normally fastened were destroyed. Had to redrill through deck, epoxy, drill again and pass a bolt through for each leg that I fastened with lock nut and large steel washer from the inside. Yes, had to make an opening in the liner to be able to tighten the nut; covered hole (this was the ceiling of the head). Last weekend I notice the same this time in one of the legs of the starboard stanchion. This may be due to previous owner pulling himself up by grabbing the stanchions while climbing on the boat; the repeated jerking may have loosened the screws holding the two legs onto the deck, which had been replaced crudely with large wood screws thus completing the destruction of the embedded plates.
Has something similar happened to anybody else? How did you fix it? Are the aluminum plates embedded in the deck onto which many other fixtures are fastened on, including the forestay tang, likely to be flimsy? Comments will be appreciated.
Albert
Has something similar happened to anybody else? How did you fix it? Are the aluminum plates embedded in the deck onto which many other fixtures are fastened on, including the forestay tang, likely to be flimsy? Comments will be appreciated.
Albert