Thinking about the Cost to Repair vs the Market Value (CR/MV)-- most of us have a J30 because it is a great sailing boat irreplaceable at $20-$25K.
Last year I went to Waterline Systems to get an estimate on doing a non skid deck on Vee Jay 526... it was close to $7K!!!
the CR/MV "check" --which indicated 1/3 of the value of the boat to gain an aggressive non skid surface on the deck -- ruled it out. Instead I spent $300 for a kicked up Interdeck paint with additional silicon dioxide ... with enough left over to do the 505's deck.
My point is that the J30 is not a Ferrari ...if you are obsessed with keeping the boat as it was built ... you are going to spend a lot of money emotionally.
The easiest way to handle it may be to cut the problem area out from the forward side of the bulkhead, epoxy a piece of G10 to cabin side and firm up against the deck. and sail away. So OK you will have an extra 20 lbs of fiberglass around the chain plates.
If I remember right we've only had one case where the chain plate pulled straight out of the deck. But not the whole deck ripping apart.
So OK I'm a G10 addict.
