re: Jon boat repair : Rivets

I got the rivets drilled out and bracket dropped. Air drill got away from me on a few, so the holes got off track, ultimately forcing me to have them welded, which I am not mad about.

Sadly, something is going to have to happen with the knee brace. As you can see, the knee brace leaves zero room to remove the wood.

Option 1: Drill rivets out underneath boat, remove knee brace and re-attach (do not want to mess with rivets on underside).

Option 2: Cut top half of knee brace off and figure out how to reattach by either fusing together with strap or angle aluminum, or welding (risk of crack due to flex).