{"id":10928,"date":"2022-07-12T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals-dev.seakeeper.com\/ride\/qs2-104-1-seakeeper-ride-installation-manual-mechanical-install\/6-prepare-hull\/6-2-drill-holes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:23:47","slug":"6-2-drill-holes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/seakeeper-ride-mechanical-installation-manual\/6-prepare-hull\/6-2-drill-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"8.2. Drill Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drill pilot holes for each of the three (3) positioning screws highlighted in the figure below using a 9\/64 in. (3.6 mm) drill bit. The screws will be installed such that they are extending off the transom approximately 3\/4 in. (19 mm). Drill the holes at the highest available position of the keyhole slot, as shown below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For aluminum hulls it is possible to utilize machine screws to support the transom plate as prepared for in this step. If you wish to use machine screws, drill and tap these holes at this time and locations indicated in this step. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1049\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-278.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-278.png 1049w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-278-768x189.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 37 &#8211; Positioning Screw Locations on Transom Plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11837\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 38 &#8211; Drill Location in Keyhole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10913,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[264],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-10928","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-ride-mechanical-installation-manual"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10928"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16565,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10928\/revisions\/16565"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=10928"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=10928"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=10928"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=10928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}