Has anyone ever replaced chain plates on there cat?
“Prindle 18-2” in particular. I am recoreing the decks and Planning on installing new chain plates while I have it opened up.
Any words of advice, would be much appreciated.
Thanks

are they really worn out?

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1978 H18
1983 H18 (some of it)
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Brgds
Lars

Frankentri 5.8/5.5/Inter20
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Thanks for your input fellas !
I will do a good visual inspection when I open up the deck, and if all looks good I will close the deck back up with ultra light core cell foam and fiberglass.

I went through the trouble to remove both bow decks when 1 bow tang failed
also broke through a (second) bulkhead to replace both side-tangs when 1 chainplate/tang failed

it may not be a bad idea to replace when you have access as preventative maintenance - esp if the cat was used in salt water



Edited by MN3 on Apr 05, 2022 - 08:01 PM.

On a boat this old? It would probably be smart preventive maintenance. You will have to get some fabbed up though

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Captain Chris Holley
Fulshear, TX
'87 Prindle 19 "¡Hijole!"
'74 sunfish "1fish"
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Thanks guys! I’m gonna install new ones for the long haul!