[Red October]

I put my mast up today, using the “Master Helper.”  I susually do this myself, and today I accidentally got the spinnaker halyard wrapped under the mainsheet cleat and I pulled the Harken mainsheet cleat right off the mahogany centerboard cap.  It was fastened with 2″ x 10 stainless wood screws.  My Scot, #4785, is about 1991 vintage, and it might be time to replace the centerboard cleat, anyway.  But, until I decide to get a new one, and while I am waiting for one, how should I reattch the old one?  I have thought about moving the cleat fore or aft about a half-inch, and using new holes (a qucik fix so I can sail tomorrow).  Has anyone ever done anything similar? Or should I wait and get longer screws? And where can I find 3″ x10 stainless wod screws?  the base of the Harken mainsheet cleat seams to be threaded to match the screws (note: they are wood screws, not machine screws with nuts.  Or should I replace the centerboard cap, too?  I note that I am not the first to have pulled off the mainsheet cleat.  As my wife said, better on the trailer than in the middle of Berlin lake in a 20 knot breeze! 

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