plates

What is imbedded in the glass for chainplates? stainless? marine ply? Has anyone found degraded material within and tackled the repair? any thoughts? thanks

Hello to all! I am about to make an offer on an E29...I think.:egrin: How much of a problem are the chainplates glassed in? Do any E29 owners have a particular view on this? This boat's history is all freshwater. Thanks, Sproption.

Folks, Hope everyone had wonderful holidays! Though temperature outside is balmy 6F it is time to think about refitting for the new season. I wonder what you would say about installing Organizer Plates (...

The chain plates on the E 27 are fiberglassed (incased) on the inside of the boats hull. Since these plates are SS, I am concerned about the lack of Oxygen creating a corrosive condition resulting in failure of the chainplates. On inspection of my 34 year old E27 the condition looks good...

Hello All-- I'm going to rebed all stanchions, and the pullpit and pushpit, before the rains hit, and I am wondering if anyone has a good source for backing plates. Rigrite sells both aluminium and stainless blanks. Does anyone have another recommendation on where to find backing plates...

Question about exit plates on the boom. I’m running a jiffy reef system on my '75 E27. I plan to run the line internally through the boom (vs. externally) and run them back to the cockpit for single-handed reefing. I plan to use exit plates on both ends of the boom. Since there are enough...

I just had a professional fiberglass company do some repairs to my cabin sole and bulkhead track on my E-27. The guy who did the work on my boat asked me if I had backing plates under my mooring cleats and I assumed I did. The reason he asked is because he was in the process of repairing the...

I am considering buying an Ericson 27. We are considering a 1971 Ercison 27; however, it had a problem with chain plates and was demasted a few years back. As well, there were blisters on the botton side of the hull. We are also considering a 1974 Ericson 27 which has no signs of either of...

On e 35 II's there is a small chain plate in line with the mast (port and starboard) right next to the cabin house. Dose anybody know what this is for? Thanks Phil

There was a message on the Ericson list of telling of an E27 that broke loose from its mooring during Isabel because the bow cleats were secured only by washers and ripped out. Does anyone know if this is typical of Ericson construction? The backside of my 32-3 cleats are blocked by the the...

Thought that some of you guys on the forum might want to know that I had a chain plate fracture just before the start of a race on 4/21/01. It was the port side upper on my E27, and the top of the mast sagged off something awful before we got the sails down and, using the main halyard, got the...