Just fixed mine
I own a 1973 Ericson 32 which had some rot in the port bulkhead where the chainplate entered the deck. I removed the chainplate, dug out all the remouvable rot and applied copious amounts of "Git Rot" a penetrating epoxy that turns weak rotted out wood into "something" very strong and prevents further rot where applied. I then built up the area where there was void with filler mixed epoxy and "rebuilt" the rotted out area of bulkhead, then sanded it smooth. I had a new "L" shaped chainplate cut from stainless steel with the bottom of the "L" reaching the area of bulkhead that had no rot and drilled the holes to mount it. Seven bolts were through the good portion of the bulkhead and six were through the epoxy reinforced portion. Cut a new cover piece out of teak, sanded and varnished the whole thing and Bob's your uncle! It is stronger than before with the loads spread over a much larger area of the bulkhead. Make sure to caulk the cr.p out of the chainplate entry point in the deck with sikaflex or other. Not a drop of water has bothered me since. Sure beats replacing the entire bulkhead. Good luck. (Don't forget to polish the new stainless chainplate if you want it to remain "stain-less". I can you pics if you want. Daniel Rabu
