I have a '74 rather than an 86, so there could be differences. Mine came out with a lot less work than what you listed. My bulkheads were very rotten around the chain plates. I removed the shroud chainplate bolts, removed the screws that held it in place, and it basically fell out. I used the old plywood as a template, drew on the new board the location of the lowest bolt hole (There wasn't much wood left around the upper ones), drew on the location of the screw holes, and replaced the new board. Loosened the chainplate, threaded the bottom chainplate bolt on and drilled out the upper bolt holes. Oh, I did have to remove the head vent tube and head cabinet (?), but nothing hard. I also rebedded the chainplates in the deck to protect my new bulkheads. I didn't touch the forward bulkhead, remove the head, or de-step the mast. This was not that bacd of a repair for me. The forward bulkheads were much worse IMO.
--- On Fri, 11/13/09, cliffhaby <[email protected]> wrote: From: cliffhaby <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Starboard bulkhead replacement To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 12:56 PM Has anyone had any experience replacing the starboard midships bulkhead? It is the one that holds the chain-plate and mates into a groove in the compression post. At first glance, It appears that the mast would have to be de-stepped and the compression post removed, the head disassembled and, perhaps, the v-berth bulkhead removed, as well. Even with all that, I'm wondering what else would have to be done. This would be on a friends '86 C27. Problem is the bottom of the bulkhead is rotten and the chain plate at risk of failure. Thanks, Cliff Haby Austin, TX [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
