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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LaqueRatt" data-source="post: 514168" data-attributes="member: 32586">I just removed a bunch of these a couple days ago. The angle iron I could tell was going to scuff the boat up something awful so I gave that idea up. Drilled through the heads, which was a piece of cake, but they still were stuck good. Ended up using a chisel on them, so maybe drilling was not needed. I like my wood chisels though so used a cold chisel instead.Took me about an hour to remove a couple dozen rivets and the rotten transom wood. As for thickness, all I can say is my rivets are closer to 1/8 or 3/16. I'm wanting to reassemble with carriage bolts and may end up having to use 1/4" which will mean I have to make the holes bigger. As for thickness of the boat itself, my light little 12' Elgin is quite thin. Like tin can thin. Yours may well be thicker. This boat also weighs less than 100 lbs. Hope this helps some.</blockquote>