composite chainplates

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There are a lot of advantages in a new build to carbon plates, there are also some issues. For instance carbon and stainless need to be electrically isolated from each other to prevent galvanic corrosion issues. A better option would be a carbon/titanium structure.

One of the big issues with a retrofit laminate chainplate is that the entire load has to be carried by a single laminate bond, between the top layer of glass and the first layer of carbon. When done in a new build the chainplate carbon and the hull laminates are interwoven which greatly increases the bond area. There is no good way to replicate this after the hull laminate is finished.