A suspect swaged fitting, at right, led Andy to replace the whole backstay on a Tartan 37. He chose to use Hi-MOD mechanical fittings, center. Adam, the boat’s owner, was away on business, bottom, leaving Andy in charge.

Here’s a rigging project you can do yourself Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 My best friend Adam’s new-to-him Tartan 37, Audentia, had never left the dock with him at the helm. He’d purchased her in February,...

A chainplate lifting from the deck, at right, was the first sign that corrosion had occurred in a place where a routine inspection would not reveal it, below right.

A Tartan 37’s rig survives a disintegrating chainplate Issue 75 : Nov/Dec 2010 At the time I wrote about replacing the backstay on my best friend, Adam’s, new-to-him Tartan 37 (see Good Old Boat May/J...