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Got the old piece out. I dug into the plugs with a 1/2" chisel and popped out the plugs. the piece had no polyurethane at the edges, but the one in front( because it was downhill) did had a pool of the hard stuff.

I could not find the sapele in a marine grade plywood. Weatherly did you use solid sapele? Edensaw had sapele in solid, but was afraid to ask the cost.

I bought, took home, sanded, cut to size, laid out the holes, countersunk, and have my first coat on some very nice Aquatec Maranti (Philipine mahogany) marine grade plywood. I would like to post before and after pics.

I will look into sapele for the front three panels at the end of fishing season.

Weatherly, are ya' near Peabody(pronounced "Pee biddy"),LOL. I lived there in 65' went to third grade there.
My Step Mum is from there.

I will check out the screw and angle specs. thanks