- Carried the drill press onto Constance, setting it up in the cockpit.
- Cut down the port side backing plate as needed using a vise and hacksaw.
- Removed some excess resin and fiberglass from the near the top of the hanging knee.
- Installed the port lower forward chainplate and backing plate.
- Drilled the port and starboard aft lower backing plates, using the chainplates as templates. See description from 05 February 2017
- Installed the aft lower backing plates.
- Tightened the forward lower shroud chainplate bolts fully.
- Tightened the aft lower shroud chainplate bolts fully.
- Tensioned the forward lower shrouds hand tight so that they will support the mast while working on the upper shrouds.
- Removed the bolts from the starboard upper chainplate. Removed the short support cleat attached to the underside of the aft end of the shelf and the forward side of the bulkhead. Used the Ridgid multitool
to cut a slot in the shelf to allow the backing plate to pass through the shelf and lie flush against the forward side of the bulkhead.
- Drilled the starboard upper backing plate, using the chainplates as templates. See description from 05 February 2017 . DID NOT FIT. No change regardless of the order in which I installed the bolts, the arrangement of the chainplate (which side forward and which side aft), or the arrangement of the backing plate. The three holes in the chainplate and the backing plate line up properly. Able to drop all three bolts into the holes when the two are lying on top of each other. The middle hole appears to be the problem. Oversized the middle hole in the backing plate from 5/16" to 3/8". That addressed the issue. Guessing that the hole is not drilled perpendicular to the bulkhead.
- Repeated the above procedure for the port upper shroud, stopping after drilling the top and bottom holes and seeing that middle hole will not line up!
- Tired. Cleaned up, packed all away and shutdown for the day.
Seems like remarkably little got done while it seems that I was busy the entire time....strange.