I have pretty much gotten the lazy-rat worked back into shape.

The plate on the forward end on the well (where the outboard clamps on) has a doubled up teak board... one seems to go the height of the well, and the other is a sacrificial board that is screwed on.

The sacrificial bit was pretty well chewed up, I had once sanded it down smooth before and re-attached it. The face of it had some round impressions where the clamps have bit into it in the past.

I am thinking I might like to replace this with a 1/2" block of rubber... it would need to be about 4" x 10" and I would probably secure it with screws in each of the corners.

I like rubber as it would compress and not let the outboard clamps get loose from the vibration... but I can not think where I might buy such an animal.

Any suggestions?