[Rhodes22-list] Genoa track question

[Dan Bodnar]

Bob,
I think you will be a lot happier if you drill and tap for machine screws.
Any self tapping screw will sooner or later cause cracking in the gelcoat.
The cracks can become a source of water migration into your core.

Did Rummy suggest drilling the holes oversize, and filling them with epoxy
and then drilling and tapping the epoxy plug?  From what I've read, this is
the method of choice for a first class job.    (It's  a good idea to chamfer
the top of  the hole. This does two things, helps prevent the gelcoat from
cracking and provides a groove for the caulking, to help seal the threads.)
Dan Bodnar
S/V QOL (Quality of Life)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Keller" <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:10 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Genoa track question


> I have a question for the list about an additional genoa track that I am
> planning to install on my boat.  The track will be further forward and
from
> the standard track and will be mounted next to the cabin, so that when
> pointing into the wind I can run the sheets inside the upper shrouds and
> through a car on this track to get a better angle for pointing.
>
> Here is my question:  How best to install the track?  Should I drill a
hole
> and use stainless self-tapping screws to screw into the hole in the
> fiberglass as West Marine suggested?  Or, should I drill a hole, tap it
and
> use machine screws to secure to the fiberglass deck, as Rummy suggests?
>
> Thanks.
> Bob K
> Yankee Clipper
>
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