I second having this repair at least looked at by a professional--perhaps a
surveyor who is independent of whoever might repair the damage. As Bob mentions
below--I doubt you want to mess with the forestay/bow attachment coming
'adrift'--that 'gravity storm' could lead to a real disaster.
My experience was not so drastic--I had a pretty hard collision with another
C&C (38' Landfall IIRC) during the start of the race when he changed direction
at the last minute (to follow the rules with which he was not very familiar
plus he was the skipper of the boat for the first time). That is a whole other
story.
The relevance to this discussion is that for years after that collision I had
water coming into the starboard side of the forward cabin--rain and/or
otherwise. I never did anything about it for years--just cleaned it up and
figured the forward chain plate was leaking somewhat and moved on.
After about 10 years of leaks, I finally had a yard professional have a serious
look at it and he found that the hull/deck seal had been compromised at about
1/2 way between the bow and the shrouds on the starboard side. Only then did I
remember that my collision hit at that point long ago. Long story and lots of
boat bucks later, the yard opened the hull-deck joint from the bow to the
cockpit enough to replace the joint material--end of leak! In this case, it was
only a water leak (no structural issues) but this water destroyed the teak
liner in the side/ceiling of the v-berth since it was continually soaked with
water which is now under repair for additional boat bucks!
FWIW,
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
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From: Bob Tallman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Subject: Stus-List Re: Bow Repair
Agree on getting new chain plates fabricated but have a great deal of
reservation of doing the repair yourself.
When you say sever damage and the fact that the chain plate(s) were bent and
damaged would imply you need to ensure that the structural integrity of where
the forestry mounts is rock solid. If the hit was that severe, you may have
other structural challenges such as teh hull deck joint and related seal plus
stress fractures.
In my opinion this might be best executed by an experienced glass mechanic, one
who can assess the structural integrity. Don?t want to mess with that letting
go??
On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 9:06 AM Paul Fountain via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Take the damaged ones to a local fabrication shop, they should be able to make
you new ones.
PaulFrom: Brian Morrison via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2021 8:44:50 AM
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Cc: Brian Morrison <brianm...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Stus-List Bow Repair Hello All,
I had an unfortunate encounter with a buoy and my 1979 C&C 34 suffered pretty
severe damage to the bow. The chain plate for the forestay was bent and needs
to be replaced. There is some fiberglass repair needed as well. I?m thinking of
fixing it myself. Anyone know where I can get a chain plate/backing plate from.
And, advice on repairing the fiberglass. I?m located in Baltimore, MD. See pics
attached.
ThanksBrian
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