I'd like to rivet two fairleads (rotation and cunningham) to the deck of my Taipan just in front of the chain plates and a small cam cleat (jib sheet for superslooping) just behind.The fairleads won't need to bare much tension but the cam cleats will.Should I cut an inspection port into my hull first (probably just behind the front cross beam) and screw the hardware into a backing piece of plastic or can I just pop rivet through the deck and be unconcerned about the decks ability to hold the loads ?
Has anyone got a picture of a cam cleat attached at the shroud adjuster (saw this a while back on this site) ?
Oh, and while i've got ya - to match luff curve of a new main to your superwing mast would you START by changing the spreader rake to match the new sail or would you sail with old calibrations , look at the sail trim and then start the recalibration process ?
