: I was doing fine until I came to the caption that read: "Take a router
: to your boat." Then all of a sudden my throat got all tight and I
: couldn't breath . . .

It can be quite nerve wracking to drill or otherwise cut a hole in your otherwise "perfect" boat.

One time I cut the hole in the boat without having added the spacer to the router bushing. As a result my fitting pushed right through the hole. I had to make another jig to cut a patch which would fit in the resulting hole, then I took the hole jig and cut the hole the right size. I have also drilled the holes for footbraces in the wrong place and had to make some plugs. But you know, the boats came out fine.