Mayor repair in rigging chain plate

[J Matos]

I reciently lost the starboard stays chain plate on a regatta. From detailed check I discovered that the wooden plank that sits under the plate and the upper hull to which the chain plate attaches had water damage. The plank broke and tha whole piece, including the chain plate got loose, making the mast go down.Has anybody experienced a similar problem?I plan on replacing the plywood plank with solid teak and extending the metal bracket attachment(or tang) farther in the wood plank so that it has more tension distribution.Any other ideas?

 

[Cliff Ruckstuhl]

The Boat

Is your an early 23? On some of the boats there was an turn buckle below deck that attached to the bottom of the boat. On my 23 I moved the chainplates and had to install new bulkheads. I used 1" Mahogney fiberglassed it to the hull. It held so good that while trying to induce 1 1/2 inches of prebend the boat folded up a little. The plywood that is between the V berth and the rest of the cabin buckled. My reason for doing this is the spreaders are to wide for a good sheeting angle to go up wind. If you need more info on how I did this get me at cliffr@bright.net Cliff

 

[J Matos]

It's an '88

My boat is an 88 model...It doesn't have any turnbuckle under the upper hull, just a wooden plank that is fixed to the lower hull, and to which the chain plate it attatched buy screws. the only turnbuckles are fixed to the rigging.If u have any more info, maybe a few photos of the work u did I would appreciate them.., Thanx...my e-mail is jfm911@prtc.net