Building Carbon Fibre Chainplates: Part Three — The Starboard Side The rudder project running through this same stretch of time wasn’t happening in isolation — there was a lot going on aboard Paikea at once, and this starboard chainplate rebuild was one of several things competing for attention in the same tight window. It’s worth […]
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Building Carbon Fibre Chainplates: Part Two — How It Actually Stays In Part One showed the build. This one answers the question that came in from almost everyone who watched it: how does that black carbon strap actually stay attached to the boat? It’s a fair question, and the answer is worth understanding properly, because
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Building Carbon Fibre Chainplates: Part One Some jobs start small and grow into something else entirely. This one started with a bolt swap in Brittany. By the time it caught up with us properly, it had turned into a full chainplate rebuild — and Shayne was on the other side of the Atlantic delivering Gunboats
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Discovering Chainplate Movement: Bolt Failure and Bulkhead Rot Some problems on a boat announce themselves. Others hide in plain sight for years, waiting for the right conditions to become visible. This one falls firmly into the second category — and it only came to light because of an unrelated job Shayne had done not long
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