It looks like the backstay backing plate has disintegrated and the plywood gusset has rotted out at the transom end. If I'm close, the DIY sequence is:
grind away bad stuff replace with good stuff A good resource is the WEST System guide to repairing fiberglass boats. http://www.westsystem.com/ss/fiberglass-boat-repair-and-restoration/ If you can post larger pictures somewhere (photobucket, picasa, whatever) and link them here we can add our combined expertise and (no extra charge) mocking. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 15 February 2015 at 17:50, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dan, > > Contact the Museum of the Great Lakes and ask the curator if they have the > backstay chain plate drawing from the original build. > > Calypso was also built in 1970. The museum had drawings of most custom > fittings including the chain plates. > > The museum's contact info was sent out on this list a few weeks back. If > you cannot find it let me know and I will dig it up and send it on. > > Martin > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > ________________________________________ > From: CnC-List [cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] on behalf of Dan Grant via > CnC-List [cnc-list@cnc-list.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 3:34 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Back stay chain plate > > Hello listers > I'm looking for some advice on replacing my back stay chainplate . > Thanks Dan > 1970 31ft corvette > Hull# 148 > Buried in snow in ipswich ma > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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