Hello all - I am fitting out a 30+ year old (steel) boat, before stripping the interior it appeared that the battens flush beneath the gunnel were attached simply by screwing upwards directly through the hull.
All I can think of is the end of the screw was then ground off from the outside to of the gunnel and filled over ... Has anyone else heard of this approach, and if I were to do the same should I be worried about water leeching in through from the outside (would paint and fill ground off area obviously)?
Much appreciated