I am new to this forum and my boyfriend and I are new S2 11A owners, but what a wonderful resource! We are in the middle of a rigging project, trying to prepare for a trip down the coast. Unfortunately, although the knees and bulkheads tapped out well on the survey, when we pulled two chainplates to check the area where they went through the deck it became very obvious that the knees were rotted solely under the footprint of where the chainplate was bolted in. Does anyone have any good resources about how to fix this problem? Can we replace part of each knee? Is this a project the boatyard needs to take care of? We are both pretty handy, but low on funds and low on time! Thanks for the help.
Rotten chainplate knees. HELP!
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Here are a few photos of how one of my fellow Morganites repaired similar damage on his 24: http://morgan24site.com.istemp.com/Morgan68pics.htm
He used epoxy resin and marine ply and only addressed the rotted part instead of the entire bulkhead. Very strong repair and he has had no more problems with it.
Before the structure rotted on my boat, the PO shifted the chainplates to the hull. This keeps me from pinching as high but opened up the side deck for travel and the trade is worth it to me.
He used epoxy resin and marine ply and only addressed the rotted part instead of the entire bulkhead. Very strong repair and he has had no more problems with it.
Before the structure rotted on my boat, the PO shifted the chainplates to the hull. This keeps me from pinching as high but opened up the side deck for travel and the trade is worth it to me.
That is something we were actually thinking about doing. I was just not quite sure how much it would really affect our ability to sail close to the wind. This hasn't been a problem for you?
Stu: I searched that site but can't find anything about repairing knees/bulkheads. Am I missing it?
This set up does affect the pointing and is usually seen on cruisers and not racers.
I see serious racers with chainplates set very far inboard which helps with pinching but I believe weakens the rig and a cruiser would rather have the durability of the wider triangle.
My boat is a cruiser (short cruises;}) and the stock chain plate position was about 3" in from the edge of the deck to begin with and I can still crank in the genoa to just off the spreader tip when pointing and not touch the shroud so I don't think it affects me too much. I suppose I could set my working jib inside the shroud but haven't tried it this way.
I see serious racers with chainplates set very far inboard which helps with pinching but I believe weakens the rig and a cruiser would rather have the durability of the wider triangle.
My boat is a cruiser (short cruises;}) and the stock chain plate position was about 3" in from the edge of the deck to begin with and I can still crank in the genoa to just off the spreader tip when pointing and not touch the shroud so I don't think it affects me too much. I suppose I could set my working jib inside the shroud but haven't tried it this way.
Tons of good info here: http://www.westsystem.com/ss/use-guides/
check lower on the page for the manuals.
check lower on the page for the manuals.
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