Re: Can I borrow your chain plates?
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reposted from the Tartan 27 Facebook group. From William Talbot. I will be doing mine tomorrow.
Brian #275
On Saturday, November 17, 2018, 8:04:32 PM CST, rick Gengarelly rickg1952@... [T27Owners] wrote:
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My bolts were 90% gone but the plates were perfect. As wacky as it sounds, it appears Tartan used carbon bolts and 316 plates. I had the plates tested because of the risk of o2 deprivation but they checked out with the tooling manager. I found that what Tartan does with one they dont necessarelly do with all. Hull #1 they used a bronze insert on the center board construction. After that they used carbon steel like on mine which i rebuilt.?
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Many years ago people were posting that the reason that the Stainless bolts corroded is that they were oxygen starved due to being buried in the glass.
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I have hull #130 and I took out the plates, knees and all with a right angle grinder, built new knees with teak, reused the same plates and glassed over just like original to the hull and it's fine 15 years later.?
Rick
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My boat is right near chainplate express. He is the the guy I used to fix the centerboard. But my chainplates are still enclosed in fiber glass. I have been thinking of opening them up. A can of worms perhaps
Brian SV Windfall
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