This is one of those times when size DOES matter.
We had noticed cracks surrounding our port stern cleat and had the yard do the repair while we were hauled out last month. A week later, the cracks had returned!
After investigating further, we noticed the backing plate for the cleat was way too small! It was about the size of our cell phone (we have the Google Pixel).
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| Port cleat backing plate |
We now have new metal plates that are ready to be drilled and installed (the shop made them a little too big, so we are cutting the section with the X off). The photo with the phone on the plate is a reference to see just how much we increased the backing plate size.
We are going ahead and reinforcing both the port and starboard stern cleats. We will replace the bolts also, as we noticed they were different sizes. We decided that we might as well do so, while we have the resources nearby.
We are waiting for the plates to be dropped off after they get cut to finish the install. I'll update the post once we get everything completed.
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