I’ve been wanting to raise my stanchion bases since I saw several examples On a KK39. I looked at the G-10 but I’d need to cut to size, shape, then grind off the usual gelcoat to laminate anyway, so I just had an extra thick center console made, cut the top off to make a new helm area in my pilothouse, and now I’ll be using the flat areas (probably about 30 sq. ft.) of skirt material to form the stanchion bases. I’ll likely stay with through bolting though, even after doing the drill, fill and re-drill routine.
The glass below my stanchions is cracked from decades of torquing. The new pads should spread the load, but there’s no guarantee that thicker bases won’t crack around the perimeter.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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