New SS 8 inch cleat

Yesterday I went to Sailing Supply and talked to Dave and picked up a SS 8” cleat.

That is my red jeep parked in front. It has been raining all week in San Diego so the top is up. Not like SD, usually I can have the top down. This time of year it goes up and down but mostly down till about the new year then it stays up mostly for a few month. All summer it and the doors are off, love it. It is a 91 and rides like a truck but it has a 6 cyl fuel injected and the CJ type role bar, cool! That is because I removed the two bars going to the windshield. It is essay living in SD with this buggy.

They did not have the fasteners I needed so that will be another trip probably to WM for them.

I tried fitting the cleat to the teak blocks and it is close. There is enough room on top of the teak block for the new cleat. The old holes are ¼ and the new ones need to be 5/16. They are close but it would be really hard to get them drilled right with out a big vise and some other tools we do not have. We will do the fill and drill method to get it done right. We will epoxy the holes in the teak blocks and the cockpit coaming on Saturday. Drill next week.