Gunnel Thickness?

[FishPimp]

Hey all,
I am ordering an adjustable halyard cleat for my newly installed outriggers and I am not sure the thickness of my boat's gunnel. (23SE)
I can either order the 2 7/8ths depth or 3 7/8ths depth item.
Thinking the 3 7/8" might be better for accessibility to snug the Hal Locks.
I am not near my boat until next weekend, (FINALLY!!!) and I want to order these Tuesday so that I can install over the weekend.
Can somebody who has cut into their gunnel to add a cleat or rod holder let me know approximate thickness?
Thanks a bunch,
Chris
here is the link-
http://www.alltackle.com/halyard_adjustable_cleat.htm

 

[DaleH]

Most are < 1" or so ...

 

[Uncle Matt]

My boat is at the dealer so I can't measure it. But it's no where near 2.5 or 3 inches thick. I added several rod holders to my 23SE last year and was surprised how thin it was.

 

[ceblizzard]

I added 2 rod holders to my 23se last fall I was surprised how thick mine was. I was thinking that I would never get through it. At least 1 1/2". That was about 8" behind my fuel fill. The picture will show the forward rodholders.

Charlie
Eden, Md

 

[pelagic2530]

thats interesting. just added new rodholders this weekend, and measured the thickness of the covering boards to be about 1/2-3/4" thick. maybe different vintages, different boats, different thicknesses???
:?

 

[Bryan 2530]

Just a hunch but the CC's may have thicker gunwales than the PH's because they have no support mid ship from the pilot house structure. Just a thought. Be interesting to hear from Parker.

 

[pelagic2530]

hey Brian, got those rodholders you asked about installed. didnt get any project pics (camera died ) but i'll get some of the final project and post em up next weekend. install went very smoothly, no problems at all.

 

[FishPimp]

Just got off the phone with Engineer Joe Savage (what a great name) at Parker.
The thickness of gunnel is roughly 13/16ths of an inch. Again DaleH was right on the money.

 

[Megabyte]

The thickness of gunnel is roughly 13/16ths of an inch. Again DaleH was right on the money.

He generally is.