The padeye would still be there....can't see a way to take it out without
creating a mess on the deck....
"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
...
except for attaching the
spinnaker halyard to it when not sailing to get it off the mast, we don't
use the dang thing for anything. I really would like to get rid of
it...

Put the spinnaker halyard on the bow pulpit.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"