Thanks John, and Stanley,Already trying this, like the through bolt ideas!Also good point about not being cleated when driving with boat on the trailer!Tyler From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:39 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Cleat for centerboard pennant ripped out Agree with this as a quicker version of my original suggestion to rebuild it more completely, as long as you check for rotted wood in the broken areas and if there is any, cut it out and fill with thickened epoxy. And, I would put some nice hefty stainless screws up through the smaller broken piece into the bigger still solid piece, as backup for the glue job. cheers, John S. On 05/31/2017 09:42 AM, STANLEY WHEATLEY wrote:
I would just remove the cleat and screws, fill the crack with thickened epoxy, clamp the sides back together, remove any excess epoxy, wait for the rest of the epoxy to cure, screw the cleat back in and sail away. Going forward, I would always take at least one wrap around the winch before going to the cleat so the winch, not the cleat, bears most of the weight.
On May 29, 2017 at 8:56 PM Tyler Heerwagen via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi all, Looking for advice. My cleat for my centerboard line ripped out as shown. As you can see it was screwed into a bit of teak and actually broke the fiberglass frame surrounding it. Any experience with this? A better way to secure it? Any advice welcome! Thanks Tyler Heerwagen M-17 Seranita #232
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