Sunday, October 25, 2015

Chainplates Are On

Had some rain a couple weeks ago and saw water was finding its way into the boat. In order to stop the leaks, I put the new chainplates on the boat over the last couple weekends.


 Looking at the hull, I may have to wet sand it down and wax it.

On to the next project(s)...

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations! The new plates look fantastic! A note on the butyl and ceiling replacement. I bedded some stanchions on my Catalina in butyl and I found that the butyl continued to compress for some months as the weather warmed and required tightening twice. So, I would leave the ceiling boards off until you're sure they stop moving. You can slice away the butyl with a credit card or razor and then dab the loose bits with a wad of butyl. Goop hand cleaner works well for getting butyl or uncured polyester laminate off your hands. I'll drop you an email about your old plates.

    Regards,

    Matt

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    1. Thanks Matt.
      Makes sense. I had butyl squeeze out when it warmed up when I did the deck handrails. No hurry to put it all back together anyway. Plenty of other work to go around.

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  2. Yes the chainplate installation looks great. And the motor looks brand new! I was not aware of the Beckson clear covers-nice idea. Things are coming along aboard and thanks for the video to provide a glimpse of what you're using and how things go together, good stuff.

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    1. Thanks William. I'm happy with how things are going so far. I got the idea with Beckson plates from others and thought it was a good idea too. Hopefully that turns out well.

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