Paul:
I have added the block in between the hull and the deck for the winches. With the bolts going all the way through all three.
My boat like yours, had the winches only using the deck for support when I bought it. (I noted some small stress cracking from this) = not good at all.
For the fix I took off the winches looked into the bulworks and fitted a couple of 4"x 6" x 1.8+/-" yours may be other than 1.8"thk. from below (I cut or sanded down the thickness part) and pushed the blocks up in there (mostly tight), then I pulled them back out used a bit of acetone to wipe the area clean for the bond and then added 1 layer of wetted out 8 oz glass 8"x 6" over the top of the wood, then shoved it all back up into the space and had a stick to prop it up, just in case it wanted to slide back down (Use a bit of wax paper under this mess when pushing it up into position, it will drip! the wax paper helps with the mess. Lastly with a long drill bit I bored from the existing holes in the deck out through the wood and then through the hull as true to square as I could.
I used longer ss carriage bolts to rebolt the winches.
One note for Peter: if you do not add the wood and glass in between, you are trading the 5/16" glass of the deck for the 7/16"+ thickness of the hull. I.e. if you do not put a spacer in, you do not get the strength of both. This is what will happen when a core delaminates, or what would happen if you took out all of that bracing on a truss style bridge. Just a FYI your setup is only twice as strong as the original through the deck only bolting, but If you install the block, the bolts are the limiting strength issue and should = about 12,000 +lbs +/- so, if you use 7/16 or 1/2" line, the line or the sail (will break first).
Dave a note on the turning block it sees 2 times the line load. This is true of all 180 deg blocks.
sail pull <------------
O ) -----> load on turning block = sail + winch
wench pull <------------
Norm
Please Note: I do love paper towels they are great!, and when doing glass work, always check that I have a full roll at hand before mixing the epoxy, some how I am always happier if I remembered to have the paper towels near when working with sticky dripping stuff.
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