CD-25 deck cleats
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The cleats are polished stainless steel, and the type is "Herschoff" and the styling is pretty similar all around, except for some "modern" versions, and any design differences from manufacturer to manufacturer will be minimal, except as noted, i.e., "Modern".
Just buy them from some place that you can exchange them if you don't like the way they look when you get home.
Make sure you don't put them somewhere you'll trip over them on the way up to the front of the boat from the cockpit, etc.
I added a cleat on a raised area just forward of the beginning of the bulkhead and the cabin corner to get another cleat where it was somewhat out of the way, and would also serve to tie another fender, although I didn't pick it for style match so much, and optened for more modern, flatter cleat to keep it down, out of the way a bit more.
Later boats do not have this larger flat spot, I think, intended to keep the run-off and splash water out of the cockpit. This is a smaller, 4-inch cleat, as compared to the 6-inch gunnel cleats, and the 8-inch bow cleat.
It also works great to tie the double-sided bow line that I keep running down both sides of the boat to be handy when needed. This line must be kept short enough that, if dropped overboard accidentally, it can't reach and foul itself in the prop.
Joe. :teeth :thup
The cleats are polished stainless steel, and the type is "Herschoff" and the styling is pretty similar all around, except for some "modern" versions, and any design differences from manufacturer to manufacturer will be minimal, except as noted, i.e., "Modern".
Just buy them from some place that you can exchange them if you don't like the way they look when you get home.
Make sure you don't put them somewhere you'll trip over them on the way up to the front of the boat from the cockpit, etc.
I added a cleat on a raised area just forward of the beginning of the bulkhead and the cabin corner to get another cleat where it was somewhat out of the way, and would also serve to tie another fender, although I didn't pick it for style match so much, and optened for more modern, flatter cleat to keep it down, out of the way a bit more.
Later boats do not have this larger flat spot, I think, intended to keep the run-off and splash water out of the cockpit. This is a smaller, 4-inch cleat, as compared to the 6-inch gunnel cleats, and the 8-inch bow cleat.
It also works great to tie the double-sided bow line that I keep running down both sides of the boat to be handy when needed. This line must be kept short enough that, if dropped overboard accidentally, it can't reach and foul itself in the prop.
Joe. :teeth :thup
Depending on where you mount them and what you are planning on using them for, you might want to look at this website for their "Cleat Chocks". These are perfect for bow mounting, for use in anchoring, moorage float or towing.
http://www.newfoundmetals.com/catalog/pg08.html
(hope this link works)
Harvey
SleepyC
http://www.newfoundmetals.com/catalog/pg08.html
(hope this link works)
Harvey
SleepyC
Don and Brenda
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Kind of on the same lines I am looking for the grab handles on the outsides. I am looking at adding one of these to the right of the entry door for balance ect. Any ideas on brand. I know that WM caries several sizes however would like to match the stock ones.
Don and Brenda":8xb0kwc6 said:
The choice of handles is yours, just pick one that fits your hand and looks good to you. I like the teak wood ones, which I have on the boat, but they have to be kept up. I did mine with 9 coats of polyurethane in '92, and they still look good. Different style handles look better or worse in different positions and for different uses, too. Stainless, Wood, Plastic, Brass--lots of choices.
Here's another handle idea: I put two shorter plastic handles above the door to assist on stepping down from the gunnels into the floor, which can be a big step for us as we get older.
I use a Cosco plastic step stool in the corner near the bulkhead and gunnel junction corner to reduce the big step down into two more equal smaller steps. The handles give you something in the right direction and height to help you hold on to as you step down into the cockpit floor.
Great to hold onto in heavy weather when standing in the cockpit, too. Up there, they don't interfere with the door operation, either.
Some of these placement issues are very ergonomic, and you have to try them out to be sure they fit you, or to even understand how good they really are, which you can' t truly appreciate, until you do!
More ideas and photos-Yellowstone John's Far West II:
Handles, Handles, and More Handles! Handles everywhere!
Better than falling down on your arse or going for an unscheduled swim with Mother Nature, eh, Jim?
Joe. :teeth :thup
Edited by TyBoo (Pics rearranged to fit page)
Don and Brenda
New member
Thanks Joe
Those teak handles sure look nice, fortunately on the 2007 models there is a gunnel step about 2' long in the cockpit area, otherwise you are correct it is a very long step down. As we get used to the boat will start adding little things, right now the budget was blown just to pay for it, oh and it's first payment is due next week ouch!
Those teak handles sure look nice, fortunately on the 2007 models there is a gunnel step about 2' long in the cockpit area, otherwise you are correct it is a very long step down. As we get used to the boat will start adding little things, right now the budget was blown just to pay for it, oh and it's first payment is due next week ouch!
Not to hi-jack this thread, but I am going to put in two SS grab handles on the top, front of the roof. I handle all the lines and fend off (The Admiral handles the boat when docking etc) and find myself wanting one on each side when I walk up towards the bow. It's on "The List" of things to do, but like Don & Brenda, I must take small steps due to a limited budget. :thdown
Roger, thanks for answering Warren in my absence, and yes, you are right. Seems like a good use of space and the holes through the deck to me. I am looking at mounting them quite forward, (just behind the forward bow pulpit upright), where they can be used for a forward pull, either at anchor or mooring buoy.
Harvey
SleepyC
localboy":2v8s2sgu said:
I can certainly understand the limited budget, plus didn't you have a busted leg or something at B'ham that limited the size of your steps?
Speaking of Bellingham, anytime you are in the market for cleats, chocks, rails, and other hardware stuff, if you can get to Pacific Marine Supply you might save a whole bunch. They have a lot of used take-off stuff there, and 20 year old 316 Stainless shines up as good as new stuff. And it is probably made of better quality alloys.