Replacing jib & furler cleats

So the cleats that are for the winches are awful. They are corded and look real bad. They are of questionable strength. They are or were black and mounted on teak pads\blocks. The setup is nice and works well.

Furler cleat

Furler cleat

We took them off.

The teak blocks have been varnished badly. I think this was done by brokers staff when the boat went up for sail. They need to be striped and re-varnished.

We now also want to replace the cleats. I would prefer SS at this point but am not sure if they can be found that match up.

So now to find some bolt hole patters that are as close as possible to the old ones.

We also removed the furler cleat which is just screwed to the gunnel. It is not a load bearing cleat and I have seen one on the web in SS. Can not find a picture of it our onld one befor we removed it.

As far as I know once you have sheeted in you keep a few wraps on the winch and tie off to the cleat. This keeps the winch from bearing the load of the sail, especially high up on the winch. Winches were not made to be for holding spring lines etc.