Please warn all Baba/panda owners that they should be extremely watchful of all stainless steel parts from Taiwan..  They are crap!  While bringing stormy back from Curacao in 1998 two chainplates exploded and we almost lost our mast.  We had all 8 replaced before we started again.  Checking is not that difficult but requires that (one at a time) chainplates be removed and inspected.  The problem is that where the chainplate penetrates the deck there is no air so major deterioration occurs.. it looks like purple woodgrain where it breaks.  All Taiwan steel is gone now.  On the backstay chainplate there was an almost undetectable hairline crack just above the highest thru-bolt. Attached are photos of chainplates.

Best wishes for the sailing year…
Wayne and Edie Spangler