You can spot one in post #117 of my thread, pretty much between the two windows, slightly forward of that, came out centered on the aft frame edge of the forward window IIRC. Quick, eze, cheap mod.
Thanks ! That helps a lot.
Yeah. for the life of me I don't understand why all boats don't automatically have them.
You pull heavy 45 footer into a dock, with no drama, with them.
Yesterday we had some good wind blowing sideways off our finger dock, and while doable, it's SO much simpler to have a cleat at the center of force. We've been using a stanchion if needed but i'm not a fan of that at all.
(Got our 1st sail of the year yesterday. Spent 5 hours out on the water. Hit 5.8 knots fairly consistently for a while. Had some hassles with a jamming furler, and a jamming keel winch, but it was an awesome day)
Just ignore me if you've already done the stanchion base job. It may have been a cakewalk for a man of your talents. For me, it involved some pretty blasphemous profanity.
Unfortunately/Fortunately ? I haven't had time to tackle that yet. The cockpit drains and the stanchions are the last 2 projects on my "deck penetration sealing" list.
I'm hoping I can avoid cutting the liner by using some type of homemade tool, but I'm not counting on it.
I'm ready for a PITA job. hehe
Those Genoa track cleats look great. I've never seen one before. Maybe my friends are all too cheap to buy them. LOL
I hope to drive up to the lake this week and see where the cleat could go. Keeping it out from underfoot, while allowing access to the nuts.