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md_sailor,

I would NOT cut the Chafe Lip off.
The standard bow pulpit used the same type of Marinium cleat as the stern uses under the gunwale.

I would use the cleat below and save your Bow Bitt....
http://www.whalercentral.com/photogal...hoto_id=34

Here is what JJS used on the pulpit I traded him and this same cleat is used on the original pulpits.
[img]http://www.whalercentral.com/images/ppimages/233/OR_4.jpg[/img]