Loose center console

[Mark]

my console is glassed to the floor - no wiggle at all [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

kind of hard to describe short of drawing a photo like Strick did, but here is a photo of two "ribs" glassed to my floor that are about 2" tall. They are right at the inner width of the console running the length (fore-to-aft) on both the port and starboard side of the console. The console is then glassed to these ribs from the inside. If/when the console needs to come off, you only have to cut along where the mat transitions from the top of these little ribs to where the mat makes contact with the console and not into the floor. No screws to back out, no rust concerns, etc. After the console was glassed down, a thin bead of 5200 was run along the entire outer perimeter where the console meets the floor just like you'd calk a bathtub.

Not right for everyone, but I went though the loose-screw issue with my last SeaCraft and didn't want to go down that road again. Metal and saltwater don't react too well, so this time around, no screws holding the console to the floor - I just wish there was a way of glassing the t-top to the floor!



This also makes for a fairly clean appearance at the base of the console: