I am mounting a new crab pot hauler on our Proline 20 Walkaround. The gunnel bracket should be relatively easy because I can bolt an aluminum angle underneath the gunnel and bolt the bracket through the angle.
The deck mount doesn't have any force pulling up on it; the load will be lateral. I don't have access to the area under the deck at this location and I'm trying to figure out how to fasten it down. Here is a pic of the mount:
The hauler is basically a, 1-1/2" aluminum pole that goes inside the deck mount and up thru a similar one at the gunnel level.
Would you just screw it through the deck or are there some sort of blind nut that be inserted in the deck and epoxied in place? Would it be worth drilling an oversized hole, filling it back in with MarineTex and then drilling and tapping the hole?
The parts should be here today and the crab season opens on Nov. 11th so I have to get this project finished.
The deck mount doesn't have any force pulling up on it; the load will be lateral. I don't have access to the area under the deck at this location and I'm trying to figure out how to fasten it down. Here is a pic of the mount:
The hauler is basically a, 1-1/2" aluminum pole that goes inside the deck mount and up thru a similar one at the gunnel level.
Would you just screw it through the deck or are there some sort of blind nut that be inserted in the deck and epoxied in place? Would it be worth drilling an oversized hole, filling it back in with MarineTex and then drilling and tapping the hole?
The parts should be here today and the crab season opens on Nov. 11th so I have to get this project finished.