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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

31-03-2017, 01:04

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The new era on chainplates..

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Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Exactly, put in in the marine enviroment and voila!! thats why in a boat perform poorly... bolts, tangs, screws, pulpits, etc... we can agree that ss is the main reason for loosing a mast.... and...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

29-03-2017, 16:10

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

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Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Yeah the ignorant who say ss is dangerous is me mate, so far so good you can take it with a grain of salt... but its a fact, SS its a poor material in a marine enviroment.. easy to inspect?? cmon...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

28-03-2017, 08:30

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Could Nitronic be fine for bushings and pins???

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

28-03-2017, 07:14

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Well in Europe there is a bunch of production boats starting to mould the chainplates in the hulls, X yachts or Hanse, Solaris , Oyster.. for example, obviously in a old boat dont make to much sense...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

27-03-2017, 15:01

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

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Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

So if a capshroud chainplate fail, the mast dont fall down?:banghead:

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 15:44

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Zee, the whole swan line is done with composite chainplates, not a single failure...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 14:37

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

CF plates in the last CF cutters from BoB Perry..
Hanse is building in composite cf plates to.
And my 2 cents this is the future regarding chainplates since ss is a dangerous material in a boat,...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 11:20

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

Zee, a L strike can desintegrate a FG hull to, if the stick is bonded to the keel i guess the chances are nil.. :thumb:

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 11:17

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

This is the same thing I was thinking,, so far i dont found any bad report from a cf plate failing, guess the chances to be holed or t boned are low V a corroded or cracked ss plate, plus they are...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 06:48

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

Re: The new era on chainplates..

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I have no idea,, im just Reading all the tech stuff, one thing is for sure, ss plates could be the 40% of dismasting cases and the composite plates are out there since a while, maybe they design...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

26-03-2017, 06:04

Replies: 70

The new era on chainplates..

Views: 11,062

Posted By neilpride

The new era on chainplates..

I just read some news the other day regarding CF chainplates in the SA fórum.. Looks promising , i see this concept in few megayachts , larges swans and in some Wally´s.. Looks like future buyers...

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