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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
Those factory backing plates are 1/16 if that you'd be better with fender washers I have one sitting on my toolbox here. Problem is even if you get that sucker as tight as mechanically possible in it's little 4 inch footprint, then you go put a 7 foot leaver in it and pull upwards of 60 pounds on the end. The gunnels going to flex. If flex is completely unacceptable then the best option is those brackets in the above picture to tie them into the hull.
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Given its basically 6 inch lever on the othe side of the fulcrum, you're looking at nearly 800lbs of force on your gunnels.
Think long and hard about those stainless backing plates and the construction of your gunnels.