Re: Bow cleat/ 2003 Larson 206SEI
Might try to put a cellphone, camera or video camera under the bow to try & 'see' what's up under the cleat. It doesn't look like the cleats been pulled hard, so that the nuts have started to pull thru the mount surface/backer. Just that the nuts have worked loose, so they 'should' be visible, but likely not easy to reach.
Probably put on while the cap wasn't connected to the hull, and easy/quick for a line worker to access while it was in production, as YD suggests.
If you can get a good look via a pix of what the backer looks like, it's size & condition, you might be able to remove the current cleat & get cleats w/ a base that'd cover the holes after you fill them & use an alternative mount method. A retractable cleat might work as a replacement or use the
Garelick toggler anchors: