Not sure about the technical name, but.....

[Blue_Runner]

If i pull the nuts off the back of the eye then pull out the rusty piece of sheet metal

:oOOOOOUUUUUCH!!! :o

Cy, you are SERIOUSLY making my NORTONS ache! :o;D Watch your language!! We are real sensitive about our NORTONS on this board!!8)

[Skools Out]

if it's cracked you'll need to cut the crack and then bevel it and glass the crack especially there that's a major stress point. is the crack outside or inside or all the way through? can you post a picture of the crack?

[C YENSEN]

sorry blue about the bad use of words. won't happen again :-X

hey skools here is a photo before i tore it apart. you can see the crack on the left bottom and it continues up to the top of where the sheet metal piece stops. the crack is on the inside only. thank god.

i am assuming the cause of the rust is from a leaky anchor cleat on top the bow and running down the bolt for the last 20 years.

i have never worked with fiberglass is that the best fix or is there something else ???

[Skools Out]

by the way i'd take that plate and the bow lifting eye out of the boat. than put a center cleat there and seal it good over the hole.

[C YENSEN]

I TOOK OUT THE BOW EYE AND PLATE, AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING MY FATHER MAKE ME A REPLICA OF THE PLATE.

SORRY I AM STILL A NEWBIE, NOT SURE WHAT A CENTER CLEAT IS ???

[Skools Out]

that plate you have that's rusty is actually a part of a kit you buy called Bow Lifting Eye Kit. had one on the 21 i'm redoing currently. Took mine off too.

here's what you have it you want to just buy a stainless replacement. look at this link

http://www.foreandaftmarine.com/Bowliftingeyes.htm

[C YENSEN]

THANKS SKOOLS, I WILL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED OF THE PROGRESS. ;D