Dennis,
I now understand what you are saying, but I will have to disagree with this 
 method. Carving out a hole in the gel coat for the hardware to sit in is a 
lot  of work and one small slip with a drill or a router will damage the 
gel coat.  Someone has over engineered this and needs to find a better hobby 
to occupy  their time. I don't see any benefit to this method, non at all.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 4/8/2013 4:10:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mcneelyd at site-solutions.com writes:

Hi Rummy  - 

The countersink is for the bedding compound, not the screw head. It  allows
minor (thermal) movement of the boat, screw, and hardware without  stressing
the bedding compound or the fiberglass where the screw leaves the  hardware
and enters the fiberglass. 

Dennis  

www.great-loop.us
s/v Magic Moments
berthed in Gibraltar,  Michigan

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Countersink what screw holes? The screws you use will be  determined by the
hardware you choose. It would be nice if the chocks had a  countersunk hole
in  them to hide the screw head, but you can't hide  the head in the fibe
rglass since  the chock is sitting on top of it.  Drill a small pilot hole
through the gel coat  and glass. Then drill a  larger hole at slow speed so
you won't heat up the gel  coat and cause  it to crack. I've known some
people that like to put masking tape   where they are going to drill. It
never helped me. 
Fill the holes with  a  good bedding compound and install the chock and
screws. Ta Dah!  It's not rocket  science, just good  craftsmanship.

Rummy


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