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12. Put your drill in reverse. (with some downward pressure a drill in reverse
will cut into gel coat, but in reverse there is no risk of the bit accidentally
catching and biting into your boat deeper than you intended.) Using the
long 1/4” drill bit, make center mark indentions into your deck at each
Sharpie mark.
13. When all 16 hole centers have been made set the uprights to the side.
a. If at this point you have chosen to thru bolt the feet:
i. Use the ¼” drill bit or other appropriate size for the fastening
system you have chosen being very careful not to let the drill
bit run thru the deck where it could damage something
hidden underneath.
b. If at this point you are using the screws supplied with the kit to
mount the feet:
i. Use the 3/16”-drill bit and carefully drill the16 screw holes
being very careful not to let the drill bit run thru the deck
where it could damage something hidden underneath.
14. Very carefully, use the countersink bit to shave off
only the deck gel coat
around all 16 deck holes being careful
not to cut into the fiberglass
underneath. (This shave prevents the screw from pressing out directly
against the gel coat which would cause future spider cracking around the
screw holes.)
15. For deck mounting using the supplied screws, (from this step down,
complete one Upright installation at a time.)
a. Pump all 8 deck holes full of sealant. Don’t be stingy; fill each hole
thru and out the bottom.
b. Mound a bead of sealant around each hole to be sure the hole
remains sealed when the upright is moved in place.
c. Detach the feet from the upright and individually bed each foot into
the sealant being careful not to smear the sealant. The feet are
concave underneath so the excess sealant should disperse into the
cavity and not squish out beyond the foot.
d. One by one, coat each screw’s threads lightly but completely with
sealant. Using a low torque setting run the screw in taking care
not to over tighten and strip out the holes. (You can always go
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