O'day 28 Chain Plates ?

[Sailorman375]

Recently purchased a 1984 O'day 28. The upper chain plate is actually a system (Navtec I think) that attaches through a rod to the structural pan of the boat. The forward lower shrouds don't seem to attach to anything but the deck. Is this correct. There are no chain plates that I can find.

[callmecrazy]

"chain plate" is often used generically for whatever your shrouds attach to... So you do have chain plates... but one is the 'system' you described, and the other is basically a backing plate for the deck attachment.

so yeah, you are correct.