[Alberg30] Common Problems

[George Dinwiddie]

Tom DeWitt wrote:
> I would just
> make the support beam fix if it had not already been done, but how do you
> know if a given boat is one of the "older" boats that needs it?  Is there a
> way to determine if it is required and if it has been done by inspection?

If it has a wooden beam, it's an older boat.  I'm not sure there's any 
advantage in reinforcing it before it starts to sag, but there's 
certainly no advantage in delaying after it does.

> Same question on the chainplate bolts?

Check the size the the bolt heads or nuts.  Quarter-inch bolts take a 
7/16" wrench; 5/16" bolts take 1/2".  You can either go up in size or 
double the number of fasteners.  Don't forget to do the backstay, too. 
This is not a big job.

  - George

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