Replacing partial bulkhead on Oday 23

[Champ Percy]

Hi Folks,

I'm curious if anyone would strongly advise against leaving the mast up while replacing a partial bulkhead and rebedding the chainplate on the port side (while the boat is in a slip).

The chainplate ripped through a rotted portion of the bulkhead this weekend on my first sail on this boat. I am anxious to get it up and running again. Did some reading on this site and thankfully found another owner who in quick fix mode, partially replaced the bulkhead by cutting out the rotten piece and replacing with new, then sistering more ply to add support. Then rebedding the chainplate using longer screws.

I realize this may be a shorter term fix.

What I'm curious to know is, the boat is in the water at a slip, the mast is still up and tied using 2 halyards on the portside to two stanchions- and the stays are still attached to the loosely held chainplate that is no longer embedded in the bulkhead. When I remove the stays from the chainplate to inspect, rebed etc., can I also somehow hook those stays to the stanchions? or would the pressure be too great and possibly cause the stanchions to pull out and the mast to fall over? also concerned about wind...

thanks,

Pat Tobin

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[Brian S]

Pat, there's a 192 on my dock with quite loose standing rigging. I mean, it's pretty floppy. Of course, it's got no sails on it, and I've not seen it leave the slip. I wonder why such boats are launched?

Anyway, I should think that at the dock, with halyards well tied off, and no other load on the mast, you should be just fine. There isn't a whole lot of force acting just on the mast, without all that sail area. It's not like you're trying to sail that way... But people who have parted a stay have rigged an extra halyard to limp home under sail, provided they tack immediately thus keeping the mast up.

Brian

 

[Champ Percy]

Thanks Brian.