There's watter leaking through, I believe, at least two of the chainplates fitted on my Conway ketch. These are the Fw standing rigging lines running to midmast just below the spreaders. The fittings are U shaped with two legs penetrating the deck. However inside the cabin there's only a single visible plate with bolts/ There's obviously some rust on them but no cracking I could discern anywhere on the deck fitting or the plate inside. There's also water damage on the cabinetry exactly where these, and at times visibl water running in the cabinet from the chainplates.
1) Does anyone have experience with uninstalling and einstalling these?
2) Is there a second backing plate and web for each of these U fittings, it's just not visible being behind the saloon cabinet face, or does the U fitting has a single centered bolt going through the deck?
3) does anyone have experience removing (and reinstalling ...) the whole saloon cabinet face in order to gain access to all the 3 fittings (3 on each beam) for inspection or replacement?
there's an aritcle about a flawed U shaped chain plate http://www.bmse.co.uk/articles/decking-u-bolts/ relating to the oceanlord I believe but I could not find my answers there.
Many thanks for your comments!
images attached:
starboard backing plate in cabinet
port plate in head cabinet (top & bottom)
port u-shaped fitting (shot through the hatch)
starboard U-shaped fitting (next to gangway)
water damage in cabinet face where the backing plates are approx.
cabinets close up and long shot