E32-200 Fabricating transom backer plates: G10 and Epoxy

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I’m working on installing an Aires wind vane that I bought second-hand on eBay. I’ll write more about the vane later, but first a brief note on the backer plates that I fabricated to support the points at which the wind vane frame bolts on to the transom of the boat.

I did some research on different types of wind vanes and received some feedback from experienced people that any device that bolts to the transom is at risk of being torn out by a quartering wave. Having a...
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