Measured many times before cutting, and got a different read each time, so took an average and went with that.
Held my breath while cutting into the decks! But it seemed to work out okay.
Used a hole saw and then reamed the hole into an oval with a burr bit. The akas happened to come out level with each other!
Sawed the tube ends off closer to the decks before fixing it in permanently, as I figured I'd just grind the ends off flush with the decks.
The photo below was taken when the boat was upside-down, then the photo was inverted to make sense of it. The black is carbon fibre tape. The micro-lite fairing filler (tan colour) was a mistake to use in this instance, as it sags.
The white tube is for the rudder line turn-around. I went to a lot of trouble to make the cockpit opening somewhat rounded at its forward end so that the rudder line would slide around easily—and then decided to put the line on the inside of the cockpit instead!
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