I made the skeg using some Angelique I had laying around. I pre-bored and countersunk the holes in the shop so I could get them right. I coated them with epoxy and then a primer that was compatible.
We used a layout stick under the boat to make sure the bolts would not hit floors and limber holes and the nuts would be acceptable to tighten. It took a half hour to find a location that would work. Then from underneath the boat we drilled through the center of the outer stringer. Next I marked the centerline of the boat and snapped a chalkline. I measured from this line to the hole in the boat to get a parallel line for the skegs. I snapped 2 more lines that are the center of the skeggs. Next I dropped a bolt through the skeg into the one hole in the bottom and that gave me the fore and aft orientation of the skeg. Aligning it with the chalkline and drilling the other 5 bolt holes. I applied 5200 and bolted them with my helper underneath with a wrench.
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