Chainplate cover

[fulvio]

While doing the "chainplate rebedding" project on two leaking chainplates, it appears I have irretrievably misplaced (i.e. "lost") one of the covers.  

What is my best/fastest option to get a new one?  (so I can finish the job and not leave the boat unsailed for weeks before the end of the summer   )

I was thinking of taking the one I still haven't lost to a local sheet metal fabricator to have a replica made.

Thanks for your ideas!

[Stu Jackson]

Fulvio

There really is no hurry if you've rebedded properly.  The cover shouldn't be needed for any waterproofing, it's just decorative.  If you've filled the holes properly below it, you should be clean.  Your idea, or calling Catalina would work.  Their number is in the recent stanchion posts.

[fulvio]

Thanks!

Turns out I worried for nothing.  In less than three hours, a local shop cranked out a new cover, plus a spare.  And the chainplates are done already, waiting to cure!

For those in the Seattle area, I'm gladly putting in a plug for the good people at Ballard Sheet Metal.  Kudos!