Fiberglass repair around deck cleat

[mreeder]

I am looking for some advice on repairing some cracked fiberglass around the deck cleat on my boat. This will be my first fiberglass repair.

I believe I tied my boat up to the dock with too short of a line and the tension ended up cracking the fiberglass around the deck cleat (other theories are welcome). I've posted pictures of the crack on the website below. There is also a picture of what I believe are the bolts securing the deck cleat, accessible from the quarter-birth below. I am not certain that these are the correct bolts because there are no cracks around the bolts. But if that is indeed the bolts, there was obviously no back-plate to secure the deck cleat.

https://picasaweb.google.com/113842586128373037250/CrackedFiberglassAroundCleat?authuser=0&feat=direc tlink

As you can see in the pictures, the deck cleat itself did not come loose from the fiberglass—instead all the fiberglass around the cleat cracked. The cleat itself seems to be sealed to the fiberglass.

Please let me know if you think this is a repair I can do myself. I have read quite a few posts on this site and have grabbed a repair manual. I am concerned that the crack is too close to the edge of the deck, and I wont be able to bevil the fiberglass far enough out from the crack. Any advice or specific resources would be greatly appreciated.