Too deep for me
Hi,
Sorry, no photos of the chainplates. We glued them on with thickened resin, filleted the edges and put large patches of glass over the whole thing, thus getting massive surface area. It was not a cosmetically important area, or it might have been impossible to make attractive. Chainplates through a deck would be a different set of engineering, and I personally would not venture to use G10 or any composite chainplate in that application without consulting a competent structural engineer.
I'm afraid that I can't think of a really good way to do inboard chainplates--I dislike holes in the deck of any nature or purpose, and those especially seem to be prone to leaking. Several folks I know have simply moved their chainplates outboard to the outside of the hull, where they belong--a re-rig is a good time to see whether that's a good option for your boat.
Again, certainly don't rule out using alternate materials and thinking outside the box, but by all means proceed with extreme caution when making alterations to location or materials.
Ben
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