Hi Josh, I think this is what you are referring to? See the linked photo.
My inner liner was cut, just a little bit, to allow removal of the step. This photo is from 2011, before I repainted the mast step: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kIhvCzgNuoQWex4W2 Ken H. On 2 January 2018 at 15:48, Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > Ok Guys, > > I've had the mast pulled for a complete refit and to the best of my > ability to observe, it appears that the step has never been removed. It > looks terrible and horribly corroded. It is aluminum and I'm not sure that > the 30 years of corrosion has necessarily compromised the beam but since I > have access I'd like to at least get it repainted. It seems that the inner > skin of the sub-floor was placed on top of the stringers (and step) with no > thought given to the possibility of needing to remove the step in the > future. I expected that a magical combination of tilting, twisting, or > rolling would do the trick but alas it seems that cutting a portion of the > subfloor is the only answer. I'd intend to use and oscillating saw to make > the necessary cuts. These cuts would be roughly the width of the mast step > and the depth necessary to make the sub-floor flush with the stringer. > This would allow tilting the step out. > > Hard to describe, but has anyone had a similar experience and solution? > > > Thanks, > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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