[Rhodes22-list] Subject: lower stays

[Ric Stott]

Nice job Graham -very slick. 
Ric
Dadventure
HBNY

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> On Mar 8, 2017, at 9:02 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> 
> Without signing your message we are unable to address you by name.
> 
> I have attached a picture of one of the chainplates  that I removed from my
> boat so that you can see what you are dealing with. The chainplate, which is
> really just a tang that has been bent so that it goes through the deck and
> wraps under the deck core material (plywood in my case) and is held by a
> small screw that goes through the hole in the end. Mine all worked loose and
> as a result it was impossible to make a permanent seal where the tang went
> through the deck. I had no idea what I was dealing with and so I ground out
> the deck to get the things out. I now know that it probably would have been
> much easier to remove them by cutting through the headliner, remove the
> screw and push the chainplate out from below. I also attached a picture of
> the holes I created and then has to patch and subsequently repaint my entire
> deck - which I was going to to anyway because of a variety of other repairs
> I made to the deck.
> 
> I didn't want to keep the old chainplates so I installed new ones. For these
> I used forged eyebolts made by Blue Wave. The advantage of this arrangement
> is that I could install it through a hole that I drilled through the deck
> and core that I filled with epoxy and sealed with butyl tape. It should be
> watertight. I made spacers of composite lumber cut at an angel to fit the
> slope of the liner and that , along with large stainless steel fender
> washers should be at least as strong as the original tang and with little,
> if any, room to wiggle loose. I have attached a picture of the deck after it
> was rebuilt showing the new chainplates installed. That said, I have not yet
> completed my rebuild and have not tested this new arrangement on the water.
> 
> When you say that "one of the chainplates pulled the fibreglass" I am not
> sure what you are describing. If you mean that the fibreglass lifted than I
> would be concerned that the core material has become rotten. Water egress
> into the deck was a concern that prompted me to make my repairs although it
> turned out that I had no water damage to the core.. If the core is wet and
> rotten you have a much larger problem to address. Let me know if that is the
> case and I might be able to make some suggestions as that was a problem that
> I had to address one the fore deck and in the process eventually discovered
> that I definitely did it the hard way. The problem is that you can't see
> what is happening under the deck.
> 
> Pictures of the damage would be very useful.
> 
> Take care,
> Graham
> 
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> Luis Guzman
> Sent: March 8, 2017 7:40 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Subject: lower stays
> 
> Hello everyone. I have been off the list for a long time, but I"m still
> sailing.
> 
> One of the aft-lower stay pulled the fiberglass on the cabin top, and I'm
> looking for information on where the chain plate is located, and how to
> repair this.
> 
> For the pnes who do not know me pr remember me, I'm in Bradenyon, FL, and I
> own a 1983 Rhodes 22.
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