ShaunG
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Guessing a 3/4 or 1 tonner..your pic looks like a oyster 37 to me ( I have a Ron holland half tonner)
Relocating my forestay chainplate
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sailorman
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ShaunG
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Hmmmmm...that makes it official..I really am a boat geek
sailorman
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ShaunG
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I love then..looking for a new bait and have looked at the awb racer cruisers but keep going back to the late 70's one tonner style, not great downwind but just love the windward performance
sailorman
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William_H
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Forestay chain plate attachment
I don't know if what I envisage is practical however. If there is a place where you can attach a shackle or similar to the under side of the chain plate then bolt a saddle right through the bow down low. A big saddle perhaps 8or10 mm bolts. Site it so that you can fit a bottle screw between the chain plate and the saddle.
You then tighten up the bottle screw until the chain plate is pulled back into place and the load is mostly taken by the bottle screw and saddle.
In lieu of a saddle bolted to the bow you could use a stainless steel strap that follows the line of the inside of the bow for I imagine about 50cms. drill holes in the strap so that epoxy can pass from one side to the other. Epoxy the strap in with lots of fibre glass. The strap needs to be thick but able to be bent out to the line to the chain plate. A wad of fibreglass across the plate to the inside of the hull at the point where it bends away from the bow line might help to avert peeling away.
just a thought good luck olewill
PS
I have similar saddle on the outside of my little boat bow. It is the strongest point on the boat. Initially fitted to enable the boat to be winched onto a trailer I now also use it as a swing mooring primary attachment. This is good to avert chafe etc. You might benefit by a saddle on each side.
A saddle is one of those loops set onto a deck with a hole at each end to mount it.
I don't know if what I envisage is practical however. If there is a place where you can attach a shackle or similar to the under side of the chain plate then bolt a saddle right through the bow down low. A big saddle perhaps 8or10 mm bolts. Site it so that you can fit a bottle screw between the chain plate and the saddle.
You then tighten up the bottle screw until the chain plate is pulled back into place and the load is mostly taken by the bottle screw and saddle.
In lieu of a saddle bolted to the bow you could use a stainless steel strap that follows the line of the inside of the bow for I imagine about 50cms. drill holes in the strap so that epoxy can pass from one side to the other. Epoxy the strap in with lots of fibre glass. The strap needs to be thick but able to be bent out to the line to the chain plate. A wad of fibreglass across the plate to the inside of the hull at the point where it bends away from the bow line might help to avert peeling away.
just a thought good luck olewill
PS
I have similar saddle on the outside of my little boat bow. It is the strongest point on the boat. Initially fitted to enable the boat to be winched onto a trailer I now also use it as a swing mooring primary attachment. This is good to avert chafe etc. You might benefit by a saddle on each side.
A saddle is one of those loops set onto a deck with a hole at each end to mount it.
