The old backstay chainplate was mounted inside of the lazarette and giving unnecessary extra load to the transom, which of course, with the years had got bended improperly inwards. Alex removed that old chainplate and built a new one in 1/2 inch (12,75 mm) stainless steel that is mounted on the outside of the transom instead of inside. The chainplate is cut from a 316L steel plate and has been bent under heat. The process of bending it, drilling the holes (countersunk) and polishing of the plate took Alex around 12 hours in total. The chainplate is now fastened with six bolts, two of them has encapsulated nuts inside of the new plywood knee which is glassed in place. The four remaining bolts goes through the knee and the transom. Will show you the inside and the glassed knee when that space is tidied up if that could be of interest. Just too bad that we need to remove the boats name from the back and move it somewhere else on the hull, but at least we've got the backstay issue out of the way and the transom has slowly been forced back into its right shape. This installation should definitely give a more even load to the transom.
This is how the boat looked from the back before the new chainplate installation. Nice from a far with the name clearly visible, but not so safe nor good for the construction cause if you looked close enough, you could clearly see that the whole transom was being pulled inwards by the old chainplate.
3 comments:
Dear taru and Alex,
Thank you for share with us your lifestyle in that sea. I follow you since almost one year ago and it is nice to see your beatifull photos and read your feelings making your dream reality. To live in a boat is a dream for people who love sailing and sea like me.
Your new boat is nice and I like the name DUENDE.
Follow with the blog and good luck!
Urko
You guys are definitely a treat to follow. Thanks for providing such a great template on how to do this. Two years! That's my timeline. I want to play in South America first, then to the sea.
Why not just paint it white, same colour as the boat, then carefully fill in the letters with the same color paint as the letters. Froma distance it will read correctly. Or make a carbon fibre box or bin same thickness as the chainplate,the length of the name, bold that on so it is flush with the chain plate, paint it white as well as the chain plate and put the name on that. Looks like you can incorporate rod holders to the carbon fibre box/bin as it is close to the top. If you want me to photo shop it for you, let me know. Very simple solutions as opposed to putting the name somewhere else. :-)
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