Building Surface Tension

[bertsboat]

Thanks Greg. Lobe the seasmart product. Going to buy one to inspect. Thinking of using it to secure my cockpit cover instead of ugly snaps.

Which manufature makes the small base ones? The captains ones are pricey at over one hundred each.
Thank you

[Greg Guimond]

Thanks Greg. Love the seasmart product. Going to buy one to inspect. Thinking of using it to secure my cockpit cover instead of ugly snaps.

Which manufature makes the small base ones? The captains ones are pricey at over one hundred each.
Thank you

Bert, the smallest of the lot are sold by Livorsi. From there they get bigger. Be careful though as the dimensions can be misleading. Using the Seasmart product for your cover is a unique idea. Please let me know if your importer down in Miami gets you one from Italy to check out.

[Greg Guimond]

Getting a high quality "fold down" cleat aint easy. I was suspect of the cleats I bought when I saw the made in China sticker. It looks like a tiny shop in the provinces makes these things. The rubber stoppers on the bottom fell off once I took them out of the bag. I'll keep looking. That's half the fun.

If I could only get the cleat in the last picture in polished SS or Chrome. Gotta love the Italians, cleats that can pivot and close.

[Conquistador_del_mar]

I used 6 of these on my 28' Warlock, but they might be a little large for your needs.
http://www.marinepartdepot.com/ststfocl.html

[bertsboat]

Bought four of the seasmart smartlock clips. They were in stock. I will do a full report when they arrive tomorrow.

Bert, the smallest of the lot are sold by Livorsi. From there they get bigger. Be careful though as the dimensions can be misleading. Using the Seasmart product for your cover is a unique idea. Please let me know if your importer down in Miami gets you one from Italy to check out.

[Ghost]

Traditional cleats are functional as hell and actually look really good. It's a noteworthy convenience not to have to flip up cleats. Doesn't seem like much on its own I grant, but when you've got a lot to do around a dock, maneuvering decisions to make, wind to deal with, traffic, fenders to pull out and hang, lines to pull out and ready, someone asking what she should have for lunch and when you're going to visit her mom...not having to deploy your cleats is a good thing. And nothing is more old school.

K. I. S. S.

[Greg Guimond]

Yep It might come to the KISS approach for cleats.

[Greg Guimond]

Bought four of the seasmart smartlock clips. They were in stock. I will do a full report when they arrive tomorrow.

My gut says they are going to be VERY nice. Did you get the smartlock's through Italian Marine Supply?

[bertsboat]

They have an office in Ft Lauderdale. He said they were stock. We will see in the next few days. I mailed payment.

[Greg Guimond]

While we get a second set of color spray outs done and check for a match I took a template and had a plywood mockup cut to test the deck crown. I'm having a hard time believing it but it looks like the crown of a 16 is identical to the crown of an 18. Well, as I think of it, seeing as the 18 was simply a stretched 16 Ski Sporter that came a couple of years after the first Ski Sporters were built in 1964, the crown should be the same. I wanted to get the deck profile down on paper, and now in wood.

[Greg Guimond]

I used 6 of these on my 28' Warlock, but they might be a little large for your needs.......http://www.marinepartdepot.com/ststfocl.html

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Yours look interesting Bill. How do they stay up? Spring loaded?

If I go Ghost I could just weld them in the up position and no lines rubbing on the deck. Nice size for the 28 for sure. It's 8 degrees outside, we may never boat this year lol.
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[Greg Guimond]

Made the final decision on the hardware I'm going to use for the two rumble seat hatches.

I went with "take apart" hinges with removable pins at the rear (with spring load) and the smaller compression "twist" latch at the front. The compression latch has a lock as well so I'll get a side benefit. When they are in the closed position it hides the lock and the ring makes for a good handle to remove the hatches completely.

Next ..............

[Conquistador_del_mar]

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Yours look interesting Bill. How do they stay up? Spring loaded?
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Yes, they are spring loaded. I noticed yesterday that I actually installed 8 of them on the 28' Warlock and they look great. I hated the entry level cleats the boat had from the factory!

[Greg Guimond]

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I've now got the fender storage organized for the transom hatches. It took a little to find the right size at only 14" long but I found them.
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[Greg Guimond]

I want a second set of smaller fenders available at the front of the boat. There really is not room under the front bench seat so I'll have to install them under the front deck somehow. I don't want to use the storage in the floor so I'll probably use the side drink storage compartments. On my current 16 it's always annoying to have the fenders sliding back out of the ski storage area when you start banging the boat off the waves.