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Ashley and Greg, owners of a Baba 35 who had been waiting out a weather window in the San Francisco Bay, found out that waiting can sometimes bring good luck. They had recently had their rig "tuned" at a location much further to our south so they weren't expecting any issues. They were wrapping up some deck work when they heard an unfamiliar sound on their boat. After spending a fair amount of time finding the source, they discovered that one of the lower stays was loose and its accompanying chain plate had snapped in half. The root cause was corrosion on the stainless where the deck meets the plate. In order to keep their mast upright, they removed the chain plates in sections and replaced them with new ones they had built at KKMI. All the new chain plates are back in place, and they are again waiting for their new weather window before they continue their voyage north.
As you can see, the corrosion was not visible from the deck. Thankfully this was caught before they headed out again!
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