REPLACING THE CHAINPLATES.......YACHT "MR JOHN VI" B35.5 No.

132 IN NEW ZEALAND 2010

First get to the chainplates which require the least work to get out. They are all the same, so make a template to help locate the Bolts on the hidden units in the Saloon.

Make cut-out's where required....this became a new locker

A nice bit of space!

Use a small drill and your template to locate the Bolts; then use the holesaw with the guide hole and no bit. As you can see, it will not always be a clean hole and it may have to be enlarged. Don't worry, it all gets covered in the end. NOTE: the bonding wire and the washer, they have to come off and go back on again. You may want to replace the bolts whilst you are at it.....

Note: the pencil line.. after locating top & bottom bolts with template, the two centre ones were easily located

There were a couple of errors... the angles are not the same

The chainplate will not come out easily it has to be worked out, having the shroud still attached helped when working it side to side.

When you pull it, make sure to mark it well. where it comes from, which part faces for'd which aft etc...... this just in case yours are not all the same!

At this point it is cheaper to replace than try and find out just how bad that pitting is.....

I took the lowers all out first as the mast was still standing during this operation..... after I got the new lowersin, I went to work on the uppers....

Once the chainplate is out, get as much of the balsa core as you can out of the deck around the hole; paint the area with resin then fill it all with epoxy (West) filler, avoid voids......

Once your filler is dry cut away and fair so as to accept the new chainplates. My new ones were a touch wider than the old ones.... I took off the shelf Bar Stock....otherwise they would have had to make them up special and that would have been very expensive....

With the Chainplates being bigger and because I thought it a good idea I had new covers made up. Note....these are bigger and have no srew holes. If the sealer is not holding them down, then they are probably leaking so who needs screws anyway???? ............IT WORKS!!!!

You need a good sealer and a good seal, leave room around the chaiplate to get plenty of sealer in....

END RESULT....... nice outside

Nice inside.... and I only have to pull a couple of screws to inspect them....

Yacht Mr John VI

Digitally signed by Yacht Mr John VI DN: cn=Yacht Mr John VI gn=Yacht Mr John VI c=United Kingdom l=UK e=www.yachtmrjohn@gmail.com Reason: I am the author of this document Location: Date: 09/10/11 05:57:32