dave wrote:
i bought a 1978 rival 38 and am in the process of removing the old teak
decks. I am now at the chainplate area and noticed that the chainplates
are only through bolted through the deck (side decks ars solid glass
and the hull to deck joint is glassed together with about 6-7 inch
overlap). the boat was designed this way but this seems like an iferior
design mostly reserved for small coastal sailboats.rivals are known for
there ruggedness and several have circumnavigated.my particular boat
has crossed the atlantic and the deck shows no sign of distortion.

does anybody know of anyone who can manufacture
me some new ones the old ones seem to be in good shape but i would feel
better with new ones.

Maybe you shouldn't worry about it - if it has survived this long AND
crossed the Atlantic it's hard to see that a problem exists.

I agree it's not ideal BUT if there hasn't been a problem for all
these years why worry about it?

Evan Gatehouse