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Cheapeake Light Deck Carrying Handle Came Off
Carrying my 6-year old boat for about the 500th time and carrying handle came out--screws and all. (Luckily caught the boat so no damage.)
What's best way to reattacjreplace?
Fill the holes w/thickened epoxy and rescrew, seal those holes, and drill new ones, or use different handles altogether?
Thanks
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RE: Cheapeake Light Deck Carrying Handle Came Off
» Submitted by Ralph - Fri, 2/3/12 » 11:46 AM
Is there any way to reach in, maybe with something to extend your reach, and epoxy or glue in a fitted piece of wood as a backing board? Then fill in your holes and drill new holes.
Another option is if you have an end pour that you could drill through and put a loop through. My only end pour was just in the tip of the bow & I used a lot of silica &/or wood flour as filler. Then I drilled through that. In the stern I had fixed a scrap of wood during construction as a backing plate.