Thanks Brion,
At this point I am keeping all options open so would love any referrals. I am having Spalding Wooden Boat Center come look at the boat tomorrow. My yard says he can build a carbon one quickly and of course we are contacting Buzz Bellenger for an aluminum one. I think that represents all options. I have been convinced that I am done for this season which is a shame as I am not sure how many more seasons I can last but it does give me time to figure it out.
If the port and starboard chainplates are as strong as the backstay chainplate, I should not worry about them. That thing is twisted and obviously took a huge load, way beyond anything I would get sailing. My goal is afterall not to have the chainplates survive another dismasting, but to have them survive sailing. They are bronze btw.
I did see cracking in the boards that hold the deck up (what are those called?). There might be some motion evidenced on deck there as well. I don't know how old the cracks but it does seem like they are new compared to the paint as there is no paint in the cracks. These are on the forward lowers so my thought is they took some load prior to the mast coming down. It broke basically in three major pieces which would be a second moment failure from a compression load just as one would expect.
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