lots of issues
Hi Gleb,
While carbon fiber IS amazing, it's relatively new, so it's full potentials and pitfalls haven't been completely explored. Then a lot depends on the resin system used on it, and even more on the user getting it exactly right, and resin/carbon ratio is of paramount importance when engineering carbon for optimun properties. Then if you were going to glue it rather than bolt it to a poly or vinylester hull, you might end up with a chainplate intact and a giant ripped-out patch of laminate--in short, fiberglass boat hulls are not usually meant to have fittings like that glued on. now if you were building a new boat and were going to incorporate composite chainplates into the laminate, I'd say do it, but engineer it very carefully.
Ben
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