My old windless finally broke beyond the point of being coddled or repaired and, of course, the manufacturer is long out of business. After removing the old windless I am left with a 9 1/2 inch hole in the fore deck. The new windless requires a 4 1/4 inch hole. Can anyone advise me how to plug the old hole strongly enough to support the new windless? John A. Knauth / Ilona Forgeng October, a Willard 40 at her home dock PO Box 4, Oriental NC 28571-0004 Tel:252/249-3131 Fax:252/249-3257

At 08:37 AM 4/9/00 -0400, you wrote: >My old windless finally broke beyond the point of being coddled or repaired >and, of course, the manufacturer is long out of business. After removing the >old windless I am left with a 9 1/2 inch hole in the fore deck. The new >windless requires a 4 1/4 inch hole. Can anyone advise me how to plug the >old hole strongly enough to support the new windless? > >John A. Knauth / Ilona Forgeng =============================================================== How about a nice teak block and backing plate. . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email - CaptainAl@Juno.com Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain