Mine was broken by a previous owner. Despite the challenge of maintaining it, I prefer the way it looks with it on there rather than off. I am considering going to plasti-teak. The company uses your existing piece to make a replacement out of their plastic part. A good friend has his toe rails on his Jeanneau done with this stuff. The toe rail matches up with the cleat chocks and the product looks great installed. It doesn't look as rich and lovely as a yacht grade varnish job, but it sure does looks tidy ALL the time without ANY maintenance.