[C38] Fwd: Broken chainplate

[Charles Finn]

Max,

I think this is an excellent solution, but do carefully attend to the 
quality of the bolts!   I would also suggest that cut out the decking 
where the fitting will sit and fill it with epoxy as this is a 
compression situation and the deck core is not up to this.  I would 
guess given the looks of the old fitting that you will find some core 
deterioration and the epoxy fill may be significantly larger than the 
the plate.   Also, I would drill the new holes for the fitting larger 
than needed as you really want any "working" done by the rigging not to 
be transferred to the deck.  Let us see some photos as your progress!

Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn #114
Lake Superior

On 2/7/2020 2:41 PM, Max Soto wrote:
>  Wow😮. Sounds like best day ever! 😬😬😬
>
> I already sent this to Steve Smolinske.  This is what I’m planning to do.
> I want to make the chainplates from scratch.  But without the tang, 
> seal de deck, drill four holes through deck/lower part of chainplate 
> for bokts, in order to attach a tang from a Catalina 36 from 2002+ and 
> some other larger models.  Because of welds on each side,  they seem 
> to me stronger that the tangs on our boats with just one weld and a bolt.
> The seal will be so much better, and They could  be easily removed for 
> inspection (No need to disassemble port/starboard and head cabinets) 
> What do you guys think???  I’m also consulting with Catalina as per 
> Steve’s recommendation.
> Please don’t mind the angles of the tang on the sketch.  Is just a 
> sketch, but that’s the plan.
>
> Regards,
> Max Soto A
> c38 Estancia
> +506-8312-1367
>
>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 20:43, littlebreeze <littlebreeze at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> That is what the chail plates on my Catalina 27 looked like after the 
>> mast went in the water, bent in half, at wrapped arount my prop.  
>> What a great day it was.
>>
>>
>>
>> Loyalty above all else, except honor.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Charles Finn <Charles at finn.ws>
>> Date: 2/3/20 14:54 (GMT-08:00)
>> To: listserve at catalina38.org
>> Subject: Re: [C38] Fwd: Broken chainplate
>>
>> Max!!
>>
>> I have never seen this level of corrosion!  Given this corrosion is 
>> on the tang and the base plate seems to be in good condition....   I 
>> would fabricate another tang and weld it to the base.  I do weld 
>> stainless, but I wouldn't trust my weld for this!
>>
>> Steve fabricated larger stainless deck plates years ago and I bought 
>> some.   This allowed me to make a larger hole in the deck which made 
>> maintenance on this critical area easier and stopped a lot of the 
>> leaking.
>>
>> Let us know!
>> Chuck Finn
>> Mighty Quinn #114
>> Lake Superior
>>
>> On 2/3/2020 4:00 PM, Max soto wrote:
>>> Hi, I was wondering if anyone has replaced the chainplates on a C38 
>>> with a different and better design than the original.. I’m looking 
>>> for new ideas..the tang from the one in the head just broke because 
>>> of heavy crevice corrosion.. I was planning to replace all of them 
>>> but I delayed that project.. lucky me, nothing happened to the mast 
>>> while sailing 6.5 knots..
>>> already been discussing  with Steve some ideas I have.. I’ll show 
>>> you guys  later.
>>> Please check out the pics on this link 👇🏼
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/axfgjt0lpi4cb0x/AAA3d695qpP2QMHu_ZWz-dd6a?dl=0
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Max Soto A.
>>>> +506-8312-1367
>>>> Alajuela, Costa Rica
>>>
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