chainplates: round holes vs square holes

[Brian Duff]

square holes suck

make em round

your buddies are spot on

use hex heads bolts with no threaded portion bearing shear load and lightly round the upper corners of the hex head, then fully polish the bolts.


chainplates are seldom installed where lines or humans can contact them, normally ones with carriage bolts are on the outside of the hull, ie Westsail 32