Adding my 2 cents the same thing happened to me in my previous boat a 1977 O'Day. A leak through the port side side stay cover plate caused the plywood bulkhead to rot (had been leaking unbeknown to me for quite a while) and in 15 knot winds after a tack it literally exploded out of the deck and de-masted the boat. Mast was stepped to the deck so it ripped open the deck and bent the mast step fittings but by luck not the mast itself. Got the mast strapped back on the boat and motored back shaken, sad but determined. Took me 3 months of weekends but I replaced the entire bulkhead with new marine grade plywood treated and stained, stainless chain plates with backer stainless plates and rebuilt and glass epoxied the deck etc. I would say it's now better and stronger than new. Now here is what I find interesting, of the 15 other sailboats where I moor my boat two other owners said the same thing had happened to them over a span of about the last 15 years!
I now have a '71 C&C 35 mk1 and you can be sure I inspect my chain plates and bulkheads real close every year. I have a sharp awl that I use to poke with to ensure to soft spots or rot. Have the area clean and painted and am always checking to ensure no leaks in or around any of the chain plates. Good luck. Jim Neirinck Sent from my iPad > On Jul 10, 2017, at 4:20 PM, Dave S via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I agree with Doug, the boat itself is quite repairable, an advantage of the > older boats. I would have a very good look at the other side as well. > There's a lot you could do, - fairly simply - to improve the strength in this > area. > Where was the Redwing made? Reminds me of a Corvette I looked at. > Good luck with the insurance company. > Key will -I think - be finding a spar for a reasonable price. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Doug Allardyce <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:29:58 -0400 > Subject: Re: Stus-List Broke my boat > Neil, Sorry to hear about your disaster. Clearly one of every sailors worst > nightmares. I can only imagine what you and your crew went through. On the > bright side, no one was injured. > After looking at your pictures I was surprised that the damage to the boat > wasn't more extensive. The shroud came out fairly clean so the damage to the > deck wall ugly is very repairable. The bulkhead will take a little more work, > but also very repairable. I would replace about 18" of the bulkhead from > outboard or until you get into good wood. Glass it in and add a large > aluminum plate on the back side, and it will be stronger than new. It may not > look like a new boat on the inside, but it will be stronger. If the insurance > will cover the majority of the cost, its always nice to have a bran new > Offshore rig with new shrouds you can trust. > > Good luck my friend. The Redwing 35 is a classic. We still have many active > 35's in the Detroit racing circuit. > > Doug Allardyce > C&C 35 III > BULLET > ~~~~~~~~~_/)~~~~_/)~~~~~~~~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of schiller > via CnC-List > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 7:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: schiller > Subject: Stus-List Broke my boat > > We were dis masted yesterday just off shore from Muskegon, Michigan > yesterday. The starboard chain plate bulkhead failed and the chain plate > pulled out through the deck. The mast snapped at the spreaders and fell off > to the leeward side. > > We were in the starting stages of the Jolly Roger Shoreline race. The > conditions changed from about 11-12 kts (true) to 14-15 kts when the chain > plate failed. Waves were about 3 feet. We had been on a beam reach doing > 7.0-7.2 kts and hardened up to closehauled to see if we were going to be able > to point to the turning mark when it failed. We had about twenty seconds > between hearing the pop and having the chain plate fly out of the deck with > the mast failed. Luckily, all were in the cockpit at failure. I was just > starting out to crash drop sails from the first pop and seeing the slack > leeward shroud. The helmsman had just started turning into the wind. > > After about an hour, we were able to get the main off and stowed and get the > jib on deck with the mast lashed to the bow pulpit. Took the boat back in to > Muskegon to Torresen Marine and left it in their haulout well until Monday > when they can start assessing it. > > It will come down to economics to see if the hull value will support a new > mast and structural repairs necessary. > > The starboard chain plate had leaked in the past and I had glassed in the > bulkhead and added a backing plate when I bought her (22 years ago) but the > wood in the area does not look good. > > I will keep the list updated with how things pan out. > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > White Lake, Michigan > (Now residing in Muskegon for the time being) > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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