Chain Plate

[John J6388]

On the C310 the chain plate for the main lowers does not lift up high enough to get under to clean and re-caulk. Without going below and unbolting the whole thing from the bulkhead, has anyone come up with a way to do this? The throat around the base is to small because the shroud base widens as it goes up from the deck.

thanks
John

 

[Witzend]

Dig the caulk out around the center the best you can and bead around the inside and outside perimeter. Mine can up, but it was tight.

 

[goblin]

Dig the caulk out around the center the best you can and bead around the inside and outside perimeter. Mine can up, but it was tight.

I did my starboard one last week. Unscrewed the cover plate, lifted one end & scraped out the old caulk with a sharpened putty knife & a wallpaper knife, the the other end. I then put about 3" of masking tape on the deck outlining the plate, applied a little too much caulk at each end then screwed the plate back down, wiped up the resiue & removed the tape. It took about 20 minutes.

 

[Bob James]

I "recaulked" both in August of 2008 with no leaks through the 2009 season. I followed the basic procedure above. A little messy and I am too lazy (like to sail more than scrape) to really do a first class clean-up job. But it worked!