Birdman
01-17-2006, 09:50 PM
OK. It's winter and I'm bored.
I'd like to fix something that's annoyed me on my Pungo for a while. I have the factory handles on the bow and stern - the plastic toggles with the 1/4" line that threads through holes in the hull. Problem is, every so often I will either hook or get my leader tangled in this handle. Once that happens (usally way off shore) there is no solution but to break off and re-rig. It doesn't happens much but when it does it ticks me off.
Here's what I'd like to do, but am not sure how. I'd like to cut off the factory handles and mount a padeye to the top of the deck at the very tip of the bow and stern. This padeye would then be able to receive my anchor trolley and be "clean" enough to rarely, if ever, hang up my line. For handles I would carry lose handles with a cord and clip on them that I could clip onto the padeye when needed.
Here's the deal - my arm is way too short to reach into the bow and stern to hold the nut for though bolts so how do I "blind" fasten the padeye to the hull so it will be rugged enough to lift the boat? I even considered installing a small round hand hole near the bow and stern but the curve of the deck would make this difficult and shabby looking.
Any ideas?
I'd like to fix something that's annoyed me on my Pungo for a while. I have the factory handles on the bow and stern - the plastic toggles with the 1/4" line that threads through holes in the hull. Problem is, every so often I will either hook or get my leader tangled in this handle. Once that happens (usally way off shore) there is no solution but to break off and re-rig. It doesn't happens much but when it does it ticks me off.
Here's what I'd like to do, but am not sure how. I'd like to cut off the factory handles and mount a padeye to the top of the deck at the very tip of the bow and stern. This padeye would then be able to receive my anchor trolley and be "clean" enough to rarely, if ever, hang up my line. For handles I would carry lose handles with a cord and clip on them that I could clip onto the padeye when needed.
Here's the deal - my arm is way too short to reach into the bow and stern to hold the nut for though bolts so how do I "blind" fasten the padeye to the hull so it will be rugged enough to lift the boat? I even considered installing a small round hand hole near the bow and stern but the curve of the deck would make this difficult and shabby looking.
Any ideas?