Hi All...
This is hard to describe and I don't have a pic yet but I am guessing its a common problem.
In my cockpit, someone mounted winch handle pockets by screwing through the cockpit wall with wood screws. The wall of the cockpit is thin and there does not seem to be anything behind it. The hole enlarged and the screw is falling out, which is probably because the screw had very little to grab on to.
So after all the reading I have been doing, I see that if this was in the deck it would be easy to fix. I would open the hole, remove a little of the core and then fill with epoxy.
But in this case, there seems to be no core behind it. It seems the cockpit wall is just a thin piece of fiberglass with some gel coat. I don't think I have access to the other side, but even if I did, how could I close this hole up?
Also, what is the proper way to mount something here, assuming I wanted to? If I had access to the other side is it just a matter of adding a backing material to screw into? What if I don't have access to the back?
Thanks...
This is hard to describe and I don't have a pic yet but I am guessing its a common problem.
In my cockpit, someone mounted winch handle pockets by screwing through the cockpit wall with wood screws. The wall of the cockpit is thin and there does not seem to be anything behind it. The hole enlarged and the screw is falling out, which is probably because the screw had very little to grab on to.
So after all the reading I have been doing, I see that if this was in the deck it would be easy to fix. I would open the hole, remove a little of the core and then fill with epoxy.
But in this case, there seems to be no core behind it. It seems the cockpit wall is just a thin piece of fiberglass with some gel coat. I don't think I have access to the other side, but even if I did, how could I close this hole up?
Also, what is the proper way to mount something here, assuming I wanted to? If I had access to the other side is it just a matter of adding a backing material to screw into? What if I don't have access to the back?
Thanks...