"Spare" mounting holes for bow cleats
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:18 am
I noticed there is a hole in the deck, half covered by the bow cleat foot, on each of the two bow cleats. The hole is on the inboard side of the frontmost foot. It must be original since there was no inspection port and all the original spray-in foam was in place when I added a port to fix the bow eye. The hole is big enough and deep enough to probe with a length of bell wire, which only goes in about an inch. Has anyone else seen this on their boat? I am guessing this was a design change to add a bigger cleat - they used one hole as-is, and drilled the second farther forward to fit the wider foot spacing. I assume it would be best to fill the hole with silicone to keep water out of the bow.