Neighbour's phonecall notified us that a passing cruiser (too close and too fast) rocked our recently acquired and docked 1972 O'day22 hard, and that "the mast fell over". My wife and I hurriedly finished our birthday lunch overlooking Victoria harbour (same birthdays, though not years), and drove home.
The port chainplate had failed utterly. Was horribly corroded below its deckplate. Starboard one looks much better, but I'll replace both (now I worry about fore and backstays!). The passing cruiser precipitated the event, which might have happened at sea otherwise. Mast was lying to starboard and across the dock. Tabernacle had of course been ripped out of cabin roof. In my few months of ownership I had failed to notice that a previous owner had used bolts and large washers to fasten tabernacle - "to make it stronger" no doubt. Result? A hole in the cabin roof larger than the tabernacle. Had SS screws been used instead, the repair would have been a simple one.
The cabin roof appears to be a sandwich of glass/wood/glass (I've never done fiberglass - I work with metal and wood). The wood part of the sandwich is like a soft, wet sponge all around the hole. I suppose water has been coming in around the bolts. I can dig out whatever I can reach. Then what? I'm willing and able to learn fiberglass repair. Don't think this warrants an insurance claim. The chainplates themselves are simple replacements, and will be leakproof.
Any opinions, ideas? Thanks!
Peter
The port chainplate had failed utterly. Was horribly corroded below its deckplate. Starboard one looks much better, but I'll replace both (now I worry about fore and backstays!). The passing cruiser precipitated the event, which might have happened at sea otherwise. Mast was lying to starboard and across the dock. Tabernacle had of course been ripped out of cabin roof. In my few months of ownership I had failed to notice that a previous owner had used bolts and large washers to fasten tabernacle - "to make it stronger" no doubt. Result? A hole in the cabin roof larger than the tabernacle. Had SS screws been used instead, the repair would have been a simple one.
The cabin roof appears to be a sandwich of glass/wood/glass (I've never done fiberglass - I work with metal and wood). The wood part of the sandwich is like a soft, wet sponge all around the hole. I suppose water has been coming in around the bolts. I can dig out whatever I can reach. Then what? I'm willing and able to learn fiberglass repair. Don't think this warrants an insurance claim. The chainplates themselves are simple replacements, and will be leakproof.
Any opinions, ideas? Thanks!
Peter
You're right, better there than out there.
