Our chainplates are moving!

:Oh, the joys of old boats. In this episode, we are in the midst of last minute preparations for an Atlantic crossing including replacing the bolts on our chainplates. We had noticed slight movement in the chainplate on the port side since Shayne had put a bead of sika flex around the deck join. Of course in the process of looking more closely at what is going on we find out more than we want to! Apologies for my crap audio. I'm saving up for some proper equipment 👍 Oh and for Shayne who thinks it's ok to polish his chainplates while I'm filming 🙄😂 Chapters - 00:00 The chainplate problem 01:35 Chainplate bolts 03:50 Bolt shear capacities 06:20 Cutting bolts properly 07:00 Releasing tension in rig 09:15 The correct bolts 09:49 Replacing bolts in chainplate 10:35 Bulkhead issues 13:52 Repaired chainplate 16:27 Load testing the chainplates For more information on us check out our blog - www.youngbarnacles.com Or follow us on the socials : On instagram - https://www.instagram.com/youngbarnacles/?hl=en On facebook - https://www.facebook.com/youngbarnacles/ Click subscribe if you enjoyed this video and press that bell button if you would like to be notified every time we upload something new