Sea Hood Mounting - removable or glassed in?

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Sea Hood Mounting - removable or glassed in?

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This is my first post on this forum.....great site Tim! I am designing a sea hood for my Triton and I'm not sure if I want to glass the hood into the house or have it removable. So, what do you think...advantages disadvantages....

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My CheoyLee has it bolted on and I prefer it that way. There will be a time you want to get under there for some reason and glassed in will be a problem. Just my opinion of course but I did have to remove mine last year and it was nice to use a wrench instead of a grinder!
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Post by Triton 185 »

Hi David. The flange that is used to bolt the sea hood on - is it on the inside or outside of the house.....another way of asking this is can you see the bolts on the outside. Thanks, Stephen
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There are some other posts regarding this question at this thread.
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Post by Shoalcove »

Sorry for the slow reply. I have the bolts on the outside, where I can see them. Don't use 3M 5200 if you even want it off!
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