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    283 Release Windlass Install/Help

    I found a guy to take the existing hatch and gut it from the inside. Then rebuild it and reinforce it (grady hatches as foam core and would of never held the force) and drill in the V700. Also we drilled a 4 inch access port in the hatch. Came out very clean. I will add a hatch near the deck...
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    283 Release Windlass Install/Help

    I am thinking about using the existing hatch and reinforcing the bottom with starboard and bolting it to the hatch. Then drilling for the windlass and an access port. Enough to support it you think?
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    283 Release Windlass Install/Help

    Team, I have a 2009 283 release that did not come with a windlass. I ordered the "windlass kit" from grady but the split anchor hatch where the windlass installs has a 2 inch rise in it where the windlass sits. Since my release doesn't have a pulpit it will cause the V700 windlass to pull on an...