Bow Roller - Advise Before I Drill That Big Hole In The Deck

[ShellBack89]

I'm adding a bow roller to my 88 Sea Ray Seville while I work on the cuddy cabin. I want to make sure this is how the layout is supposed to look. Any advise or comments would be most welcomed. This is my thought process on the current layout. I don't want to add a hatch and I'm thinking about the thru deck pipe inline with the bow roller, in the event I go with a windlass later on. I'm not going to cut an oval again just incase I go with a windlass. The forward bolt is a hole that is already there from the original running lights. I'm going to PB it up and run a fresh drill hole through so there isn't any play. I'm also going to glass in either 1/2 or 3/4 in on the bow to reenforce the bow roller (advise on 1/2 or 3/4). Again, thanks for the advise!


Current layout plan: Bow Roller, Anchor Lock, Deck Pipe with 2 cleats off to each side (2 because I wanted it to look uniform - Its a military things!)


Forward bolt using running lights hole


Shows the clearance that I'll have using that forward hole.




Original layout plan - only 1 cleat - This pic just turned out more clear