Hi everyone, I recently purchased a DS1 and I am in the processes of making a handful of repairs. By far the biggest undertaking appears to be the thwarts. I noticed the thwarts were loose and seemed to have a lot of up and down play. After removing them I noticed the holes in the thwarts themselves had enlarged, and the screws were not holding well were they attach to seat.
I pulled out 2 screws per seat that looked like this:
My question is, what are they anchoring to in the seat? Wood? Fiberglass? How can repair the mounts to ensure a proper fit?
I have considered expoxying the thwarts to the seats, or some sort of bracket on the seat side. Is there a better way to repair the thwart mounts?
And finally, should that chip/hole in the second picture worry me? How would I best remedy that as well?