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Glue/sealant question

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Graham W:
I've managed to apply pressure to the glued-up wooden block to which the depth transducer is fixed and it seems to be holding well.  I used a combination of wedges underneath (thanks for the tip Simon) and a toy sword arrangement through the top of the centreboard slot, held down by two clamps (photo).

In the end I used Sikaflex 291i.  Despite experiences posted here, according to PBO it is not the strongest marine adhesive sealant on the market by any means.  However, as my transducer doesn't have a flip-up mechanism for when I hit the rocks with it, I'm hoping that the sealant will partially fail instead.  Whatever adhesive the yard used back in 2010, it was still quite sticky when I removed the wooden block the other day.  They seem to have applied less pressure post application, as the places where it was applied still stood proud in squiggly lines.

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