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What is the name for the piece of wood that sits on the outside of the chain plates in the picture?

I have searched everywhere, but cannot find the correct name anywhere.

I have seen similar pieces on Tall Ships and presume they are to protect the lanyards, which would be vulnerable.

They are attached to the toe rail just above the gunnel, glued and held with eleven plugged screws.

It looks good, but the drain holes in the slots are small, become blocked and trap water, which then gets into the woodwork.

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No I don’t think is called a channel it’s a very good bit of wood protecting the bottle screws from scratching other topsides but I don’t think it’s a channel as it doesn’t do wot a Channel do
 
Wansworth said:
No I don’t think is called a channel it’s a very good bit of wood protecting the bottle screws from scratching other topsides but I don’t think it’s a channel as it doesn’t do wot a Channel do
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Well, other than the fact the the OP's boat has bottle screws instead of deadeyes, I don't see any material difference, but if there's a better name for it please do tell.
 
Scala said:
Well, other than the fact the the OP's boat has bottle screws instead of deadeyes, I don't see any material difference, but if there's a better name for it please do tell.
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It doesn’t actually push the chain plates out,but cannot offer any suggestion,maybe it’s a boatbuilders idea I must admit on all the wooden boats I have had and been on not seen it
 
Wansworth said:
No, I don’t think is called a channel it’s a very good bit of wood protecting the bottle screws from scratching other topsides, but I don’t think it’s a channel as it doesn’t do what a Channel does.
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A short, “Rubbing strake,” then.

The woodwork holds the chain plates clear of the hull sides, not this piece of timber. If its purpose is to prevent damage to the boat or to others alongside then that might be the right term.
 
agree it does not perform the same function as a Channel which was used to widen the shroud base. It is as suggested just there to protect the toggles and pins - or protect other boats when alongside. I contemplated putting similar on the new external chainplates on my Eventide, but decided not to because of the difficulty of sealing the chainplates where they go through the timber - just asking for water to get in and cause crevice corrosion. One of the major advantages of external chainplates is that they are exposed for inspection and nowhere for damp to sit in wood against stainless.

Looks like a Griffiths designed boat, probably a Golden Hind (39?)as the layout of the rubbing strakes, toerails and chainplate backing is very familiar!
 
Could another purpose be to hold the chain plates away from the gunwhale so there was room to set up and adjust the tension with the dead eyes in reference to a sailing ship
 
Tranona said:
It looks like a Griffiths designed boat, probably a Golden Hind (39?)as the layout of the rubbing strakes, toerails and chainplate backing is very familiar!
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Yes, a Golden Hind. A 39, I wish. One of Marks later, RCD-compliant 31's, with a glass cockpit. Hull number 253, Richard Hares is number 254.
 
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