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That would be epic That sounds great, my address is 2310 Marinship way sausalito ca 94965, full name Dylan Swigart. Just got my spreaders back up with my outside chainplates put on. Ready for some sailing.

That would be great sorry for taking so long to get back you. Let me know the dimensions of the box and the weight of it and I could create the shipping label and email it to you. Or you could do it yourself whichever is the best and then ill pay-pall you to cover the cost of shipping. Ones I...

howsit, I'm making some modifications to my rigging and putting the chainplates on the outside, anyone know how thick the deck is ? I'm trying to use the old chainplates as blocking and figuring out the placement of the holes before I put some holes in the boat. I think I have it all calculated...

that would totally work it might take some refurbishing but the metal looks solid. How can i get my hands on that thing ?

Howsit going, I'm having a hell of a time finding a new front bow guard for my 1974 erickson 27 , looked all over and thought about fabricating a new one but any help would be great. Im based out of sausalito ca in the bay area. Thanks

Hello, i have a 1978 27 ft Ericson where water damage around my chainplates has occurred, which has caused my deck plate screws to lose contact with the deck. I am guessing there is some rot around the deck around the chain plates and would like to remove it. How should i got about it i was...

chainplate template That was a very helpfull, sadly I have already made some considerable mistakes with my chainplates. I'll have to start again I think and be more aware with some of the issues that I could run into. I was wondering considering that we have the exact same boat(Erickson 27...

chain plate modification your boat looks great , i am about to do the same design with my chain plates . Did you have to adjust or rake your spreaders because of this? and also how difficult was it to drill though the original chainplate?

If i push my chainplates out because I'm relocating them to the outside of the hull do i have to adjust the spreader , racking it or any sort of that thing?

So this is my first boat and I've heard a lot of things from alot of people. I have a 1978 27 foot ericson sloop. The previous owners may have been very smart because they put a steel lag bolt through the alluminum mast you have an idea of how bright they were. But my concerns is that the...