Originally Posted by
GeoFisher
THAT is not part of the boat. Mine did the same thing, and I replaced it myself.
Look really closely, you should see the square outline of the plate that is mounted to the boat deck. If you see that, then carefully do the following:
Cut an X in the carpet where it is located. You want the X to extend to all the corners of the plate.
Once you cut that X, you can gently pull the carpet up, and see the mounting screws. BE CAREFUL here, but remove the screws.
Don't let the screws push the threaded holders below the deck through the deck. They dig into the bottom of the deck, but may be loose, or come loose.
Put the new plate over the carpet, instead of under it. It looks really clean....and that is how I did mine.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Later,
Geo