Repairing mounting holes - plastic hulls

   Hi, On my plastic Topaz the Spinnaker halyard cleat ripped out of the deck the other week in a blow. Is there an easy way to repair the holes so that the screws can regain some bite ?  Its a blind part of the hull where you cannot access it underneath so a repair is needed from above.  Is there some sort of helicoil device for plastic hulls sold to make a repair like this, anyone know ? 

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Pesmo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 10 Oct 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pesmo Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Repairing mounting holes - plastic hulls Posted: 05 Feb 07 at 3:05pm
	Hi, On my plastic Topaz the Spinnaker halyard cleat ripped out of the deck the other week in a blow. Is there an easy way to repair the holes so that the screws can regain some bite ? Its a blind part of the hull where you cannot access it underneath so a repair is needed from above. Is there some sort of helicoil device for plastic hulls sold to make a repair like this, anyone know ?

radixon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407	Post Options Post Reply Quote radixon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 07 at 4:14pm
	Not sure about how to repair this. I know with pico's you end up melting plastic ontop of the original. Probably your best bet if noone else can answer this is to send an email to Topper with a picture. Good Luck

foaminatthedeck Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 18 May 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Post Options Post Reply Quote foaminatthedeck Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 07 at 6:54pm
	Topper supply a brass insert that can melted (you may need to obtain some more plastic [it must be exactly the same type that the boat is already made of!]) into the hole and then a mashine screw can be fixed in to. Back in the day they used to send them out free, not sure if this is still the case, but they should only be a few pounds. Aternativly you make some thing with nuts depending on your fabrication skills.
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