Quote Originally Posted by hattrick View Post
Ian,

How much of a lip do you have on your brackets which are mounted to the boat for the drilling and tapping of the set screw? I wanted to do the same with mine but after looking at it, it does not appear to be enough of a lip overlapping the bracket from the swim platform to drill and tap the necessary hole.
I was thinking exactly the same thing when I looked at mine. The lip on my bracket is only about 1/4" wide. If I did what Ian did, less than half of the bolt would actually contact the platform bracket, but maybe that is enough?