[C38] Fwd: Broken chainplate

[Max soto]

Thanks Chuck, that’s exactly what I need to do.  Fill the chainplate area of the deck with epoxy..  hope to speak tomorrow with someone at Catalina for a final approval of the mods.. will let you know how it goes...
Regards,
Max Soto A.
+506-8312-1367
Alajuela, Costa Rica

> On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:30, Charles Finn <Charles at finn.ws> wrote:
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> 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
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>>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 20:43, littlebreeze <littlebreeze at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> 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.  
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>>> Loyalty above all else, except honor.  
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>>> -------- 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 👇🏼
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>>>>> 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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