Charlie, I drilled holes, as you describe, and mounted clam cleats. It was easy, didn't weaken the boat structurally, since you're drilling into solid fiberglass, and allowed access to the bolts from the bottom. I've had no trouble with the clam cleats, but if I had it to do over, I would use cam cleats instead. Bill "C" Day M-15, 363, "Gee Whiz!", On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Robert Hall <bert.hall@rogers.com> wrote:
Hi Charlie. No drilling is necessary. I removed the most forward bolts from the stern cleats and replaced them with SS eye bolts On the clutch cord I fastened a STRONG 8 in length of bungee at one end and at each end attached a SS snap fastener. When sailing you have excellent response from the clutch. To secure a dock line to either cleat, you just unsnap the cord end at the appropriate cleat,attach the dock line and snap the clutch line back in place. Reverse the procedure when leaving the dock . No fuss, no muss. Pls destroy the unintelligible e mail sent earlier in error. Best of luck RTH.
-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Fortner Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:42 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: TillerClutch control line on an M15?
I sure do like my newly installed TillerClutch. Beats the old bungee by miles.
However, tying the control line to the stern cleats is less than ideal for several reasons. I'm thinking of installing cam cleats on the transom to hold the line. But before I go drill holes I'd like to know what others have done.
Charlie
M-15 #411