Not too bad on a regular boat but since we have two masts I have double the number of chain plates to deal with. I started this job back in NC and am just now coming to the last one. After this it’s on to the semi-annual coat of varnish.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Owning a steel boat
Maintenance is the key work when you own a steel boat that has a lot of varnish work on it. Today I am repairing the last “chain plate”. This is the part of the boat that you hook the rigging to. The chain plates were rusting and needed to have the rust chipped away, then a grinder taken to them to get back to bare metal and finally a coat of epoxy and 2 coats of paint. 
Not too bad on a regular boat but since we have two masts I have double the number of chain plates to deal with. I started this job back in NC and am just now coming to the last one. After this it’s on to the semi-annual coat of varnish.
Not too bad on a regular boat but since we have two masts I have double the number of chain plates to deal with. I started this job back in NC and am just now coming to the last one. After this it’s on to the semi-annual coat of varnish.
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