Bollards, Chocks, and an Eye All the hull-mounted hardware is installed! This picture shows the beautiful bow eye. The bow eye is bolted thru the Angelique wood bow stem and Shagbark Hickory inner stem so it is very strong. All the deck hardware is "bedded" in polyurethane caulk. Bedding seals the interface between the hull or deck and the piece of hardware, preventing water from getting into the wood. Bedding compound comes in at least two varieties, the very expensive and very popular 3M 5200 caulk and the very cheap and nearly as good PL S30 Polyurethane Roof and Flashing Sealant for about 1/3 the cost. I used the cheap stuff. The left picture shows the 3D printed bow chock and bow stem extension (see earlier post), and the unusual Clam Cleat Bollard. The right picture shows all bow hardware. Aft of the bow chock is a very unusual "Clam Cleat Bollard". This strange thing has a tapered clam cleat inside it which is shown holding the black line. The harder the line...