It’s taken me more time to get the pics off my phone and post this than it did to actually make the change 
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I know it has been discussed on here a few times – by myself included – that the standard “T-style” cleats on Alumacrafts have a nasty habit of breaking rods. Well, thanks in part to a post by Mike W and some exchanged PM’s, I was off in a new direction and don’t expect to break any more rods on the cleats in my boat 
Like others, I did not want to drill 1″ holes in the 3.5″ gunnel of my boat to install pop-up style cleats besides the cost of them. I was excited to these flip over cleats being discussed and after a few messages and a call to Bay City Hardware I had a set on order and being shipped to my home. Thanks Missi 
Here are some before and after pics of the cleats. I had previously bought a pair of used pop-up cleats (over a year ago) and decided to try one of these on the bow deck – I like it I’ll be installing the other one on the opposite side in the near future.
I still have the back cleats to deal with but I’ll wait a bit and test these out but I think I’ll be buying another set to finish off the boat.
The install was was easy. Just drill out the rivets for the original cleats and drill (2) 1/4″ holes to install the new anchors. The screws do stick out the bottom a bit but it’s not an issue for me. I suppose you could try to rivet these on and not drill all the way through the gunnel.
Thanks everyone for the comments and the help.
