The Cape Dory Board

OK here's a couple of more Pic's. The bronze deck plate is basically the mount for the anchor roller, but it has one screw in the front from the head stay. That seems like the only upward force on the plate. The head stay however has four additional screws into the stem that don't appear to have mov...

Thanks John Stone and Hilbert. I'll take more pic's. This conversation is helpful in sorting this out. The deck plate is bronze and the stainless steel chain plate carries the roller furler / head stay load. (No bow sprite.) The SS chain plate is fastened into fiberglass of the stem with 4 - SS fast...

Interesting----not shown in this pic is an aluminum plate that those bolts go through. I'll take another picture and look at how that is tied into the hull. Thanks for your response.

Here are a few pictures. The gap between the bow plate and the fiberglass at the stem is about 1/8 inch. The nuts and bolts that hold the head stay and bow plate are all tight and don't appear to have moved in anyway. I think this gap has been there awhile, not sure how long. It was noticeable last ...

Thanks for the reply. You're correct "slightly" is not a very good description. I'll take measurements and a couple of photos first chance I get. Thanks again.

I've got a CD 33 - (#12) called Miss Maggie that is kept at Rye Harbor New Hampshire in the summer. The bronze head stay plate is lifted off the steam area slightly. When looking inside the chain locker at the bolts for the head stay chain plate, and bronze deck plate, all looks good. The nuts are t...