In a message dated 6/2/2006 5:43:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There are some depression marks on the wooded bulk
head around where the screws attach the chain plates - {not sure if
they are chain plates or not }
Do slight depressions around the
screws mean I should change the bulk head ?
They are the
chainplates and there is always a debate about replacing the bulkheads.
C-27's have had bulkheads fail. I have one place where a bolt has a slight
depression. My brother, who builds furniture, looked at it and said it
wasn't really anything and suggested using Git-Rot and inject the wood right
there. A key place of the bulkhead is where it attaches to the
hull. There I have just bit of wood starting to rot and I
will use Git-Rot there and then decide on taking out the bulkhead. My
brother...no sailor and doesn't like boats...thinks it should be fine but it
wouldn't be too hard to repalce the bulkhead (portside, traditional layout) if
I decide to do that.
Did you have a survey done before buying
the boat? If so did the surveyor say anything about the
chainplates.
I bought my C-27 almost two years ago and is the
first boat I've owned. I use to day sail in Minnesota ($20 for a 19'
O'Day...all day!) during the summers...which we always hoped summer would fall
on a weekend! There is a great deal to learn but this forum has been
great. Also, in the northern part of the Bay I joined C-27 Fleet 19 and
they have been very helpful....and patient.
Dave,
Check my web site to see what a bulkhead failure and replacement
looks like. Also a modification to the chainplates, to transfer the load from
the bulkheads to the hull. I was never comfortable letting a chunk of plywood
carry the shroud loads. http://members.aol.com/bobdeurer/mod-r2.htm
and
Bob-ESCAPE
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