I have been mounting the hidden cleat plates under the bow and stern seat of the dinghy. The builder would normally just screw through the top surface. This way is a lot more work but really looks good with no exposed fasteners. I came up 4 screws short yesterday but then I will be done. I still lack 10 silicon bronze #10 1" flathead slotted screws for the oar lock plates. I can only find them in a pack of 100. That and 2 oars and we will be ready for a launching.
I finally got up enough courage to cut into my new electrical panel to insert the switches. It went very well. I will add a 12v outlet and then get ready to mount into the boat. I also came across someone selling old discontinued product and picked up two vent cowls for the dorade boxes. The are the rubber kind and not the metal but $25 vs $400 will ease that. He also had a very hard to find 4" round deck chain pipe. They only make small 1-1/2" ones now. Single handed it will be easier to feed the rope/chain rode into the chain locker this way.
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