Easier:

Drill a 1/2" hole.

Coat the inside of the hole with unthickened, then thickened epoxy.

Use a piece of 1/2" OD vinyl tubing. Coat the outside of the tubing with a little thickened epoxy and push it into the hole. Leave the tubing sticking out both sides until the epoxy cures, and sand the cold seam.

The tubing keeps the wood in the hull from wicking up all the epoxy, and also keeps epoxy from running out and down the sides of the hull thanks to capillary action.

Don't worry about the arc..use a slightly bigger cord, like Lee recommended. This should work before or after the end pour.

Shawn

: I would like your advice on an idea that I have. It is about making the hole
: that the grab loop line goes through. I have thought of using a lot of
: different materials i.e. PVC., copper tube, and a wooden tube. I don't
: know if I like any of theses option. The only one that I have seriously
: considered is a wooden tube. Then I thought could I make one out of
: fiberglass then just pour the end-pour around it? Anyway, enough history.
: This is my idea.

: 1. Drill about a 5/8" hole through both sides of the hull.
: 2. Glass the inside of the holes.
: 3. Get a piece of clear hose, or a piece that will expand. That has a
: 1/2" O.D..
: 4. Plug one end with a plug and hose clamp.
: 5. Insert it through the hull making it form an arc so it would look
: something like this. (use your imagination) " c> " The arc
: would relieve some of the stress on the grab line.
: 6. Take another plug and insert a air stem from a bicycle tire in the middle
: of it.
: 7. Use it to plug the other end of the tube.
: 8. Then take a HAND-AIRPUMP and pump enough air into it to make it expand to
: fit the holes in the hull.
: 9. Coat it with epoxy and a couple layers of glass.
: 10. When it is almost fully cured let the air out of the tube.
: 11. Then pull the tube out of the hole.
: 12. Sand the cold seam around the holes in the hull and give them a coat of
: epoxy.
: 13. Then once the hull and deck is together do the end pour.