Before you go drilling your boat for cleats try to do some reading & talking about using spring lines. My old 89 Baja is a bowrider with cleats at the stern and 3/4 of the way forward.
You may want to consider what I do or some variation of it.
Forward, I clip into the bow trailering eye. The clip is attached by dock line to the port & starboard uprights on my dock at the bow. It is centered between the 2 uprights. I also have stern lines from the port & starboard cleats to the dock. But the thing that makes it all come together is a spring line. It goes from halfway down my slip to the forward cleat near the bow. That line, as NB says, keeps my bow from hitting the dock. And because I have that setup I can come in & just drop my lines on the stern cleats, port bow cleat & bow eye. With that I am secure. It's quick and easy.
Take a look at some folks slip setups, many use a variation of the setup I described.
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1989 Baja Sunsport 196, Mercruiser 5.7, For Sale
1987 Formula 223 LS with 1997 350 Mag 
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