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Old 12-29-2008
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Installing a new windlass

Our old Muir windlass gave up a couple of weeks ago and we bought a new one thru the PSC factory. Their price for a new Muir was the same as the lowest I found on the Internet and they built a new pad and backing plate for a reasonable fee.

The new pad is for the new Muir design, hence I need to remove the old teak pad. This is not a trivial task, I've found.

Anyone have any ideas for removing blocks of teak glued to the deck ?

Thanks,
Sam
sv Grace PSC34 #163

PS - if you use a PSC pad have them build the new pad considerably larger than the one for the new boats. It will be easier to hide the old holes, etc with a much larger pad.
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