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Reply to: H18 Clew Plate Failure & Repair

[quote=Dogboy]Wow, a little harsh I should think. Stuff wears out, stuff corrodes, folks don't always have the time to perform regular full inspections of every part on their boat and they might not have the tools on hand to replace things like the solid rivets used on sail fittings. From a strength stanpoint, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the repair that the OP did. It will hold up fine. I've done the same repairs on clew plates and batten luff protectors, using screws and nuts instead of solid rivets. Like I said, you just might want to put a little anti-corrosion paste on the stainless screws so the aluminum is protected. Or another option would be to change to aluminum screws and nuts. The only real downside to using a machine screw and nut vs. a solid rivet is that cosmetically it doesn't look as nice. Functionally, a screw and nut is actually better because it allows you to easily replace the fasteners or the entire clew plate with standard hand tools (on the beach if needed). sm[/quote]

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