Rigging screws to a single fixing - how?

[FenHarrier]

I need some help please with the rigging on my 18' Seahawk... How do you best attach two bottle screws to a single hole on a chainplate (shrouds). Current attachment is a bow shackle which has made a mess distorting the rigging screws. I'm putting on new screws & want to avoid damaging the new.

Thanks

 

[eyupdougdown]

Make up wider chainplates that pick up on the existing holes on the boat but have two holes presented for the two bottle screws? Sort of V shape at the top if you know wot I mean? Or just fit another chainplate close to the original. I dunno.

 

[FenHarrier]

Yep, this sounds a logical approach - a V shaped adaptor would do the trick, but this would balance the tension of the upper and lower shroud as the v would pivot on the single fixing - good or bad? hoo knows? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[FenHarrier]

Wrong end of stick - V shaped chain plate would be much better!

 

[mainmarine]

you need two identical triangular plates on each chain plate with three clevis pins, one through the chainplate to hold the plate and two to locate the bottlescrew toggles, if you let me have your email address I will send you a sketch
Malc@mainmarine.co.uk

 

[Guest]

Simple triangular plate with 3 holes .... one for chainplate - other 2 for rigging screws..... OR to make sure shrouds and rigging screws do not end up too long for this plate .... a horizontal 3 hole plate .... centre hole for chain-plate, outer holes for rigging screws.

 

[FenHarrier]

Hi Malc, I have sent you an email - Thanks G

 

[FenHarrier]

Just had a look through Holt,RWO,XM, Plastimo,Mark Dowland catalogues and cannot find either triangular plates or suitable mecanno type plates - any ideas? Prefer not to get them made.

 

[Talbot]

personally, I would go to the local metal man and ask if there were a couple of offcuts available, and go from there. if you pay more than £20 for them made up, you will have been robbed.

 

[FenHarrier]

Robbed! I have found the required triangular 3 hole plates. Up till this year they were supplied by Marathon at a retail cost of £28 each - "they're made of Titanium" they said, "and we've stopped supplying them because nobody buys them!" So, maybe a its a trip to the metal works round the corner as you suggest.
Cheers
G

 

[FenHarrier]

Thanks for the email Malc, I have replied.