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Replacing chain plates

Putting new chain plates on Sanuye.

Another view of the rear chainplate. You can see where the old one was. I filled it with resin, but need to sand it smooth.

Rear chainplate installed

Backing plates for the upper and forward lower shroud (aft lower shoud is the same. You can see the 5 layers of woven roving I reinforced the hull...

Starboard Chainplates from the next slip.

Starboard chainplates installed. (Need excess sealer cleaned up)

Another view of the port side chain plates

New port side chain plates installed

All the old hull tabs (chainplates?) These are glasses into the hull to support the deck backing plates which are what the chain plates are screwed...

Left one was from the port side and is very rusted.... as I cut into the glass rusty water poured out.

The glass covering two hull tabs. Which on is the bad one?

Old port side deck backing plate.... looks like cornflakes!

Ther port side chainplate... even though you can't see it, the backing plate is rusted out.

The raw chainplates. (5 of them shown)

Work area for making the seven new chainplates. There will be one for the stern and three for each side (1 upper and 2 lowers).

A piece of raw barstock and a finished chainplate.

A piece of raw barstock and an unfinished chainplate.

The old stern chainplate... you can see why I am replacing it... and all the rest while I am at it.

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