Just to give you and others an idea, I glassed this in last fall. I have a bigger 3/4" piece of marine grade grabbing as much of the bow as possible, with a smaller piece of 3/4" marine grade under it glassed in place, with the stainless bracket cranked down. To help with the torquing motion of fighting a GBFT, I glassed in a big triangle that the rod holder will slide right into nice and tight, and glass it into the bow locker.
My intent is that a GBFT will rip the bow off before the rod holder rips out of the gunnel now.
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