Dan, Is the mast up? If so is there tension on the back stay? If so ease it off slowly...
My advice is not to load up the back stay until the amount of damage to the chain plate is known. That is a frightening picture. Do you have the original drawings from the Marine Museum? If not they may have a drawing of what is under that fiberglass. They are able to send digital copies quickly, paper takes longer. IIRC they search by boat type and size. How good is the access to that space? If you are still in a DIY mood and fit back there I recommend you purchase a tyvek suit, full face dust mask, and a 4" to 5" grinder. Save what you can to use as a pattern to have a new chain plate manufactured. Use epoxy not polyester to bond in and re-laminate the area. Sailing Anarchy's Fixit Forum has several good threads going on now and recently major boat repairs including chain plates and other major structures. Once you sort out the less than useful comments there is some very good boat repair information there. West Systems' web site also has related "how to" videos and documents. Calypso's co-owner and I are 2 years into some major repair/restore projects on our Bruckmann built C&C. Many things were done well during the build. Keeping water from leaking around deck penetrations was not one of the areas of excellence made worse by lack of maintenance over the decades. The good news is the boat is worth the effort. Good luck, Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:43 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Dan Subject: Stus-List Back stay chain plate Hello all My back stay chainplate needs attention please take a look at the pic. I plan on doing the work myself Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks Dan Grant Puffin 1970 c and c corvette Hull 148 Ipswich MA https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o8yi069rmdgpx0/image.jpg?dl=0 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
