Andrew,
Many of us have had to rebuild our mast step. It's really not a big deal.
Many early C&C's had an unprotected, unencapsulated wooden mast steps. The one
on my 35-1 was simply 3-4 pieces of marine ply bonded together and cut to
bridge across the bilge. After years in the wet environment the wood got
saturated and lost strength. I installed a hydraulic backstay adjuster. The
first time I tensioned it, I shoved the mast down into the bilge a couple
inches. Oops!
If the boat you're looking at has a weak step, it's not a deal breaker. You
have to mark and measure everything around the mast step, pull the rig, scrape
out the old rotted step and build a new step. You can order thick fiberglass
sheets and cut them to fit and glass them in. You can shape a piece of white
oak to rebuild it. You can do like I did and build up a solid glass step with
a limber hole underneath for drainage. If you're fairly handy with West System
epoxy or fiberglass resin, it's not a huge job.
The only critical thing is measure, measure, measure so the new step is the
same elevation as the old one.
You have lots of help here on the list.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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>Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:50 PM
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>Hello,
>It's really helpful and informative to read the posts on this list, thanks to
>all who contribute.
>
>I'm have a 33-2 under contract, but have heard about a potential keel/mast
>step issue with this model, having to do with a collapsing grid. I've tried to
>research this on the C&C site on Sailnet, but there's little info going back
>to 2008 posts. Guess I'll find out more from the survey.
>
>Can anyone guide me to a source of info about this? Should such a problem
>eliminate a specific boat from consideration? Is the proper repair very
>expensive? Sounds like it would be.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help with this.
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