[mad_machine]

Seadog is kind of "bottom of the line" gear. Fine for small skiffs and such that don't see any really ugly loads.

Your boat is 31 feet. Instead of cleats, you might investigate line clutches.

Somebody tell me about these.

 

[mad_machine]

Greg,

not so much the failure.. but the mechanism itself. My ancient Sea Sprite as a tiny little bronze cleat on the mast that can be a bit of a pain to get a line secured to and even harder to unsecure