Hi Group,
I noticed before I took the mast down at the end of the season that the
U shaped chain plates were loose where they go through the deck rail.
The ones that were worst were the rear lower shroud plates, although
the right main shroud chainplate was a little loose also. Looking
carefully underneath I see that they go through a long piece of
aluminium channel under the deck rail. Can I just tighten up the nuts
on the U bolts or is there something else that I should worry about?
Has anyone ever removed the long aluminium channel and replaced it with
something heavier, say out of stainless? Also, I have some leaking at
the deck joint when heeled over. I assume this can be corrected by
tightening the deck to hull screws along the joint??
Larry Bissell
Keamanalea hull 1493
San Francisco Bay Area
I noticed before I took the mast down at the end of the season that the
U shaped chain plates were loose where they go through the deck rail.
The ones that were worst were the rear lower shroud plates, although
the right main shroud chainplate was a little loose also. Looking
carefully underneath I see that they go through a long piece of
aluminium channel under the deck rail. Can I just tighten up the nuts
on the U bolts or is there something else that I should worry about?
Has anyone ever removed the long aluminium channel and replaced it with
something heavier, say out of stainless? Also, I have some leaking at
the deck joint when heeled over. I assume this can be corrected by
tightening the deck to hull screws along the joint??
Larry Bissell
Keamanalea hull 1493
San Francisco Bay Area