Professional build backing plates

[peterdn]

Doing a total refit of a professionally built warrior 35, here are the backing plates for the clutches and winches,,, stunning!! [image]http://aolpictures.aol.co.uk/galleries/pdnor1/90701ELNqwN3UfJyEJaZkJF*a9WZJq8AbX-iv4xQp5Fd3Ig=[/image]

 

[peterdn]

sorry, tried to add picture withoput success.will try again

 

[Aja]

You havn't copied the whole net address between the

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Donald

 

[Lakesailor]

the image title must end with .jpg or .gif or .png to work.
Sometimes right clicking on the image and getting the image url from the properties box that opens (you may need to stretch it) works better.

 

[snowleopard]

Try this-

(and what's the square thing held on with pop rivets?)

 

[jhr]

I reckon they could have got away with using self-tappers. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Evadne]

I reckon it'd be held on just as well by silastic, meself. Whatever it is, it can't weigh very much! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[bumblefish]

It is quite re-assuring to see something that has even less of a backing pad than most of my fittings had. I thought I was going over the top when I started installing some replacement deck fittings, probably can't overdo it?

 

[wafu77]

That will be a pair of spinlocks leading to a winch, just don't wind too hard!!!!!!!

 

[MrCramp]

Why can't I get an image? Never had that problem before. Can you guys see something????

 

[stevebrassett]

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Why can't I get an image? Never had that problem before. Can you guys see something????

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Yep, and it's fantastic. You are really missing a treat.

 

[MrCramp]

Just come back to the site and now getting the picture OK. Looks as if between the picture being posted and me getting to see it someone has removed the backing plate!

 

[jwilson]

Not just Warriors. I once crewed in a race and the owner asked me to winch up the main halliard, on a coachroof-mounted winch. I wound it up till the sail shape looked right, and the owner said 'Get it really tight'. I cranked a bit more, the main took up a pretty horrible shape, and so I looked at him quizzically. 'As tight as you can get it' he said.

Plonker, I thought, and cranked really hard. Big bang, winch came off coachroof with bolts pulled through.

'Oh God, we'll have to go back in' he said. I jury rigged it and set the halliard tension about right, and we sailed the race. He couldn't helm well either.

Funnily enough I didn't take up his next offer to sail.....

I won't mention the manufacturer of the boat as they are still in business, and this might have been a kit-finished example, so not necessarily their fault. At least on a Warrior the GRP layup is fairly thick.

 

[stephenh]

I found the same sort of thing on an (old) Camper Nick and then discovered that there were aluminium backing plates embedded well within the fibreglass and impossible to see.

Might be the same here ??

 

[nigelhudson]

Is the coachroof moulding balsa-cored? If so it could be that the lay-up has plywood pads replacing the balsa under the fitting.