Trailering eye on front keel of 20SF

[michaelgon]

So the tow/trailering eye on the keel of my 1970 20'SF has pulled out. Have any of you experienced this? What is the best way to access the backside of it?

[Blue197320]

you cant get to it from the anchor locker opening??

[michaelgon]

No access through anchor locker...I think I'm going to have to cut a check plate into the anchor locker

What year is it? I can't think of a 20SF that you can't get to the backside of the bow eye. ?? Maybe it has been modified?

[Blue197320]

pics might help.
i know on my 73 its no poblem to get to.

[Fr. Frank]

Should be a hole in the anchor locker just big enough to get your fist into to reach the backside of where the trailering eye mounts.

[CaptSeaCraft]

79' 18SF I have to take a better look but I am sure I cant reach through to mine either

[michaelgon]

I looked through some of the pics I have of the boat and this is the best shot I have of the anchor locker...

I will try and get a better photo this afternoon. I was wondering if I would be best off going through the bottom of the anchor locker or through the front of the small hatch in the front deck? Based on everyone's responses it sounds like some of the tow eyes were installed prior to liner being set in the boat and others were after.

[mnwnvc]

I had to replace my eye on my 69- 20 and did it through a hole in the bottom of the anchor locker. The access hole was already there and covered with ply. The eye and the bow lifting ring used the same connection points. I think you will need more working room than a small access hatch will allow you. The eye was backed with wood glassed into the bow at time of manufacture. There was rot in my wood and I cut it all out and built up a thick section of glass and epoxy- no wood. I think if you measure on the outside of the bow to the eye and transfer that measurement to the inside you will see where your access point needs to be cut. Give yourself some working room when you cut the locker floor and glass it back in place after the repair.

[SeaPlusPlus]

Wow my 74' has about 2x the room in that forward box. It definitely is deeper, that looks like its level with the deck.