E35-2 lower shrouds

[beachologist]

The tie down plates on my 35-2 were removed. On the port side there are filled in holes, under where the tie down plate was, in the main bulkhead that I imagine belonged to a chainplate type attachment for the tie down plate. On the starboard side I have a built in liqour cabinet and I don't see any filled holes under where the tie down plate would have gone. So my question is also - How are the tie down plates connected?

 

[Dave Neptune]

Creeking

My ole 1970 began creeking many years ago. It was the bulkheads creeping in the slots of the overhead supports. They were originally set in a rubbery gasket like material. To fix I scraped around under and behind where I could around the tops of the bulkhean and then injected a thickened epoxy bead along the seams and let is sit~no more creeking. I have now done most of the bulkheads and will do the rest as time permits. I use my boat a lot and we sit on the mooring at Catalina quite often and when rocking she is now quiet.

My shroud plates are a one piece construction with the chain plates welded in place and bolted to the bulkheads. Mine is a 1970 model and I doubt they made many changes to them during the production yeays. I have seen a couple of 35's over the years that removed the doubles for a single lower and a better cabinet for booze etc.

Dave Neptune