The PO of my boat cut access holes on either side of the anchor locker to access the nuts. They are closed off with duct tape when not used for tightneing nuts. I thought about putting water tight access ports in the holes for piece of mind in the event the that we take one over the bow but the size didnt seem too close to standard. I may just use a thin piece of "starboard" and bedding compound/ screw it down to cover the holes, yet keep them accesible if necessary. On the up side, it does make it easy to tighten the nuts, which by the way, if you drop into the void are unable to be retrieved......................
--- In [email protected], edavis1211 <edavis1...@...> wrote: > > I had to tighten my deck cleats on an '84 C-27. I removed the forward shelf > and bulkhead to the anchor locker and was able to get a box end wrench on > the nut. Its a very narrow access (3-4 inches) between the hull and anchor > locker but the length of the wrench and by wiggling my arm up into the gap I > was able to get the wrench on the nut. I then wedged the wrench so it > butted up against one wall of the slot and then used a piece of sponge to to > keep it from falling. The sponge held the wrench in place and the wall > prevented the wrench from turning. I was then able to go top side and with > a large screw driver tighten the hardware from the top side. A bit of a > chore going topside and then going below and lying in the vee berth to > reposition the wrench and sponge for each nut, but it worked like a charm > and I was able to tighten all nuts single handed. > > Ed > S/v Njord Bad > Lake Travis, Tx > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:06 AM, <deweyweeken...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > I removed all of my deck hardware on my '76. I could get to all the forward > > hardware, cleats, pulpit, and pipe hawse for the anchor rode, without any > > problems going through the anchor rode locker. I have an access port in the > > forward 'flimsy' bulkhead. Same way I get to the running lights to change > > bulbs. > > > > -Ivan > > S/v Blow Me II > > Baltimore Harbor, MD > > ------------------------------ > > *From: * Don Brooks <brooksd...@...> > > *Date: *Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:58:35 -0700 (PDT) > > *To: *<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *Re: [IC27A] broken bow cleat bolts > > > > > > > > You did not mention what year the boat is. Many things are different on > > some year models. On my 86, I installed deck plates in the anchor locker to > > access the cleat nuts. Probably not what you wanted to hear. I tried all > > sorts of socket, extentions, and universal swivels and did not have any luck > > going from the v-berth. > > Don, #6293, Niceville, FL > > > > --- On *Wed, 3/24/10, donslevin51 <donslevi...@...>* wrote: > > > > > > From: donslevin51 <donslevi...@...> > > Subject: [IC27A] broken bow cleat bolts > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 9:26 AM > > > > > > one of the bolts holding my port bow cleat has snapped. It appears that the > > cleat is so outboard that it may be part of the hull/deck joint. I can't > > find access to the nut as it seems to be through-bolted. I have not been > > able to find access to the nut to replace the bolt. > > I haven't completely taken apart the V berth and there is a flimsy bulkhead > > at the upper forward compartment. Has anyone had to replace a bow cleat bolt > > and how was it done? > > > > > > > > >
