Are Your Cleats in the Right Location?

If your stern cleats are buried mid-cockpit, you may be setting yourself up for trouble at the dock, on a mooring, or when a tow is needed.

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Marc Robic
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Mid-cockpit cleats may work for alongside docking, but they leave a boat poorly positioned for Mediterranean mooring or towing. (Photo/ Marc Robic)

Cleats are those ever-present little devices we all have on deck and, until a line must be tied, most boaters pay little or no attention to them.

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Marc Robic
Marc caught his love of sailing and all things water from his father from a very young age. He has owned many sailboats in his 40+ years of sailing. An avid do-it-yourselfer and handyman, he builds, modifies, improves and executes all his own repairs. He also enjoys testing, documenting & sharing products and how-to methods with other sailors and boaters. Posting many how to videos on his YouTube channel and Facebook page. He is a member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron. Currently, he sails his Catalina 270, Aquaholic 3, out of the Ile-Perrot Yacht Club in Montreal, where Marc spent 16 years as Harbour Master. He is also a regular bareboat yacht charterer, having sailed most of the Caribbean islands. In the winter months, Marc regularly hand builds exact scale models of friends’ boats to give them away in the spring.
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