Jeff,
Many 35-1 owners have had to do the mast step job, and each will
probably have a different approach. Mine was as follows:
There's a stack of plywood layers under the aluminum casting that span
the bilge sump with a thin layer of glass over it all. My approach was
to cut out the plywood and replace it with fiberglass. The problem is
that the upper layers are too wide to fit through the opening in the
cabin sole in one piece. I used a sheet of McMaster Carr fiberglass
board at the bottom, which was small enough to fit in, then I put down
about 20 -25 layers of glass cloth in resin, which allows you to fit the
resin/cloth layers through the opening. (This is doable if you wait in
between layers long enough for them to set up to the point where you can
still make a dent in the glass with your thumbnail, but keeps it from
overheating.) I figured that was plenty strong, so then I built the
level back up with smaller pieces of the fiberglass board that would fit
through and epoxied them in place.
As I say I'm sure there's many was to do this. It's a simple job in
concept, just a PITA to work down in the sump under the sole. My boat
also had issues with the wood under the forward-most keelbolt, I had to
put some fiberglass board in there as well.
Feel free to contact me for more info if you go this route.
Neil Gallagher
Weatherly, 35-1
Glen Cove, NY
On 5/4/2019 6:14 PM, Jeff Helsdingen via CnC-List wrote:
Looking for advise/photos/instruction on doing a mast step
replacement. Have searched and looked at some previous posts just
seeing if there's any more ideas out there. Also have a small leak
around our rudder post, any ideas as to what can be done to remedy that?
Thanks,
Jeff Helsdingen
Caposhi
1972 C&C 35-1 #54
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