Bravo Mast Base Plate Screw sticking out

Today, I purchased an almost new Hobie Bravo. One of the screws on the mast base plate is sticking out. I removed the screw and cleaned out the hole but the screw still bottoms out prematurely. Do I simply add a washer or two to make up the difference or go through the trouble of delicately drilling a deeper hole to accommodate the screw?

Figure out what it's bottoming out on and try to find out how it got there. Then, determine if it will jack anything up when you remove it.

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Maybe pull out one of the others and compare the length, to see if a longer screw was accidently used in that spot.

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2006 Hobie Wave 7358
"Ish Kabibble"

I removed all 4 screws and they're all the same size and all the holes are of equal depth. I cleaned out the threads & holes but still no go. I can only assume that the brass insert was not threaded properly all the way down. I ended up using double lock washers to make up the gap. Perhaps one day I'll chase down the hole with a tap.



...oops...hope the one lock washer is stainless....it appears to have a different colour/sheen to it....