1980 Cherubini Hunter - Photos of Chainplate/Hull Attachment

[rardiH36]

Earlier this week, per the below quote, DianaofBurlington was wondering how Hunter accomplished the chainplate to hull attachment on the 1980 Cherubini Hunter 36 -- And asked for photos.

Attached. The closest chainplate is the aft-most on the starboard side. The one farther off is for the cap shroud. The foremost shroud's chainplate is on the other side of the wood partition, in the head. Construction/layout is the the same on the port side, except the foremost chainplate is in the closet.

The head of the large lower bolts is almost about 1.5" across. Pretty robust. Hey, the whole arrangement looks pretty robust. The deck is about 3' above the hull attach point. In the picture, the inside of hull is visible just below the bottom edge of the interior liner.

I've also attached a picture of the chainplate above deck

Hunter sure used a very different method on the 36 than they did on the 33. (Pictures of the 33's were included in the "Chainplate Knee Cover" thread also of last week. http://forums.hunter.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=138869

Rardi, not being familiar with the H36 as built, I'd love to see photos of how your chainplates are attached below the deck. That sounds like the massive web design we developed at Cherubini (and maybe therein lies the reason for one being like the other).

As the Hunter boats became bigger the u-bolts-in-the-toerail idea became less desirable because of the sheeting-angle issue you mention. The main reason we got away with it on a C44 was because that boat is notoriously narrow (being essentially a 1950s design) and the deck-to-hull flange is notoriously wide (about 10-12 inches at the main shrouds). We used a massive 2-inch SS angle under those and the webbing was five feet deep and its 'glass extended down into the bilge.

I'd love to see how Hunter accomplished the same thing-- not to judge or compare, of course; but to marvel at how effective it must be. If you can't have the aluminum toerail a fiberglass girder is the next best thing.

 

[Jim Legere]

Re: 1980 Cherubini Hunter - Photos of Chainplate/Hull Attach

Thanks for the photos...that is sooo different from the way the chain plates are anchored in the H37C! Just another way that the the designs of these two models are very divergent.