Martin The mast is not up The boat is in my yard What is the name of this museum and or who do I contact Thanks!! -Dan Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dan, > > Is the mast up? If so is there tension on the back stay? If so ease it off > slowly... > > My advice is not to load up the back stay until the amount of damage to the > chain plate is known. That is a frightening picture. > > Do you have the original drawings from the Marine Museum? If not they may > have a drawing of what is under that fiberglass. They are able to send > digital copies quickly, paper takes longer. IIRC they search by boat type > and size. > > How good is the access to that space? If you are still in a DIY mood and fit > back there I recommend you purchase a tyvek suit, full face dust mask, and a > 4" to 5" grinder. Save what you can to use as a pattern to have a new chain > plate manufactured. Use epoxy not polyester to bond in and re-laminate the > area. > > Sailing Anarchy's Fixit Forum has several good threads going on now and > recently major boat repairs including chain plates and other major > structures. Once you sort out the less than useful comments there is some > very good boat repair information there. West Systems' web site also has > related "how to" videos and documents. > > Calypso's co-owner and I are 2 years into some major repair/restore projects > on our Bruckmann built C&C. Many things were done well during the build. > Keeping water from leaking around deck penetrations was not one of the areas > of excellence made worse by lack of maintenance over the decades. The good > news is the boat is worth the effort. > > Good luck, > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dan via > CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:43 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Dan > Subject: Stus-List Back stay chain plate > > Hello all > My back stay chainplate needs attention please take a look at the pic. > I plan on doing the work myself > Any advice is greatly appreciated! > Thanks > Dan Grant > Puffin > 1970 c and c corvette > Hull 148 > Ipswich MA > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o8yi069rmdgpx0/image.jpg?dl=0 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
