380 S2: Ripped Out Mooring Cleats

[Franziska]

Originally Posted by mrcarson

I May be slower in my Steel yachts. But seas are softer. I can carry more crap and also I have lifted my 17 ton 42 fter off cradle by it's deck cleats for a keel bottom job. (Cracked along weld where I hit a UNcharted reef at speed).

Lol, you did notice that you resurrected a 10 year old thread, did you?

[mrcarson]

Didn't notice the age. But. WIth todays climate and Orca's etc. I'm just offering thoughts on "Maybe" looking at vessels that won't crack and sink while being played with offshore.. While going slower and more comfortably in bumpy waters.
There are some really nice.Well built steel and ally yachts on the market nowadays. Just need a proper survey b4 purchase.
Just a maybe........ Alternative.
We have a much softer motion at sea too.

[rabbi]

Since the thread has been revived anyway.
Just for the records: I did not buy that boat, but many years later another 2015 380.
Sometime between 2005 and 2015 Lagoon added SS backing plates to the cleats. Not huge but way better than before.