The chainplate conundrum for the Hans Christian 33 has always been on my mind since first looking at HC33. After discovering this building method of the 33, I pondered as to why they would build such a stout boat, but skimped out on the chainplate design. I wasn’t alive or even a thought of back in 1982 but maybe builders/designers where not as aware of crevice corrosion back then as we are now. I know many other boats shared this building technique including Island Packet yachts up to the mid 90’s. The more I walked around the boat yard in Guaymas, MX and the more I talked to other owners, the more I found out many late 70 and 80’s boats share this similarity. What is boggling is almost all of the owners of the vessels are having nightmares of doing this project. Luckily for us, our boat is traditional enough to pull off the external chainplate look. Our neighbors on a Hylas 44 are not so lucky, also the chainplates are located much further inboard. On the HC33 the chainplates exit the cap rail, thus rigging angles/length should not have to be changed if you do a good job.
Step one: Choose a material:
Plates are marked and about to be dropped off
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