One of the issues with the afterlower attachment down below is that Alsberg bent a marine eye 45 degress at pinned it with a round flat head bolt to the knee of that mini bulk head aft of the galley and chart table. . . these bolt head's as original hardware pooped off on severalboats before in line lowers. I replaced all those flat round heads early on . . . evreywhere I could find one . . . and they were everywhere. I replaced them with 3 star hex heads.

The modification many who raced ocean did was this . . . get a 5/16th (I think) U bolt. Use the existing top hole that held the original single bolt through the top kneee of the marine ply bolt aft of galley and chart table. This will hold the top bolt of the U bolt. Then drill a second hold . . . an inch or so down . . . I think the spread is about an inch and a quarter on this 5/16 th inch U bolt fastner . . . you know they kind with the plate at the base . . . makkng sure you not only pick up the marine ply . . . but also the mahogony piece at the top front of the seat . . . that piece glassed to the boat aft of the mini bulk head . . .where the seat slats bolt on at the top . . . to get a much thicker bite for the bottom bolt of the U bolt. Before you drill this bottom hole make sure to cant the U bolt (inward I think) . . . which means the lower hole needs to be moved toward the hull in relation to the top existing hole . . . in line with the way the wire brace aims toward to after lower pad eye under the deck. I also replaced the brace itself with a real 5/16 marine eye that rides firmly on the U bolt . . . . with a toggle fitting for the below deck pad eye . . . and a real turnbuckle similiar to barrel variety found on the after lower itself.