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That's fine if you have a horizontal surface to work with. But then what do you do for midship cleats to tie fenders, a minnow bucket, etc. [links]
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That's fine if you have a horizontal surface to work with. But then what do you do for midship cleats to tie fenders, a minnow bucket, etc. [links]
Agree with the above. for me, any screwed in cleat is just for temporary mooring (gas dock, launching or retrieving your trailer), hanging your bait bucket off the side, bolted in cleats for heavier work including anchoring in benign water..and the factory installed bow "handle"/eye depending, for heavy anchoring. more
I have mine through bolted, but no backing plates. There isn't too much force on a small jon boat. The most force would probably be short tying to the dock, and then hopping into the boat. [links]
NEVER use screws. Use SS pan head bolts and lock nuts. Mount the cleat on the inside just below the gunnel. Put the bolt head on the outside. The nut should fit nicely on the cleat. here
There are two uses for cleats, heavy and light. You can put SS sheet metal screws in to hold light-duty cleats--something to hold a fender, minnow bucket, etc. Seldom if ever will there be force straight-up on the cleat that may pull it loose. For a jon boat, you are not likely to moor against storm forces, either.
So about a month ago I went to launch my new-to-me Ranger with my son, who is 7, and I get it in the water and realize that there's no cleats to temporaily tie it up to the dock. [links]
This is my first fishing boat, and I'm not sure if they all come without cleats, but I'd like to add some. There's also no place to tie and achor line either. I posted a pic below and was wondering where you'd suggest I put some cleats. There is space on the bow, starboard of the trolling motor, but I want ot put a second graph there. I was thinking just aft of there, on either side. Same on the stern, just in front of the downriggers. Both of these locations can be accessed from underneath so I can thru-bolt the cleats. more
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I did a search and didn't find anything. I have a 1992 19' Skeeter bass boat that I recently bought. It has no cleats to tie up to a dock. I picked up a cheap pair of 4" cleats to add to the boat and know I need a backing plate when installing them. But my question is, is there a basic rule of where they should be mounted?
I have seen one suggestion that the front cleat be mounted in front of the front glass, but I think that applies to ski boats or similar shaped boats. The driver's console on a bass boat is farther back in the boat.
Re: Where to add boat cleats?
All these years of metalworking, I can't believe I didn't own one of these things before now! Wish I would have had it when I first built the boat, it would have saved me a lot of BS with trying to secure hatch covers!
Stainless is fine but in my opinion I wouldn't use stainless sheet metal screws on aluminum sheet metal for something like that. SS and Alum are dissimilar metals and will cause electrolysis so it basically loosen and lose strength because they slowly 'eat' each other. more
Post by muffin » 27 Aug 2012, 19:46 more
Post by Bob Landry » 26 Aug 2012, 13:57
Post by vahunter » 27 Aug 2012, 07:48
When you ARE able to access from underneath a cleat, or any other deck fitting, such as a support post for a T-top, seat, etc. you really should use a backer plate to help distribute the load over a larger area. [links]