The boat is a 1984
Not set on oak, figured it would hold a thru bolt better where plywood has a tendency to squish.
I have a bunch of okume plywood I could go with that. I looked into git-rot but it's very wet.
When I bought this boat it was sitting with a very loose railing for two years out in the open. Plus however long it was loose before that. Throw in the season I fished it last year and ignoring it. It just about fell off.
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