Jeff, First, as Neil said, many of us have rebuilt the mast step.
Touche's was also 3-4 pieces of marine plywood bonded together across the shoulders of the bilge sump. I removed all the old wood and ground/sanded the shoulders to expose "virgin" glass. I then built a new step from many layers of glass. I made a form by placing a piece of cardboard as a floor and a couple pieces of cardboard forward and aft. There was room under the floor for drainage and passage of cables. I just laid in layers of glass making sure I got a good bond with the shoulders of the bilge. It was basically a brute force approach. You can generally lay in 3-5 layers of glass or 2-3 layers of roving at a time without worrying about heat rejection. I also had the aluminum step box remade. It was just pieces of aluminum angle welded together. A local sheet metal shop did it. My recommendations are as follows: 1. Measure everything against known reference points. Consider the existing step may have subsided a bit and allow for that subsidence. Here's a link to some pics showing some of my measurement marks: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13wP5AsXCvD4M682yhg3fGo5IeXr43wQK 2. Allow for drainage and passage of cables under the step. Consider laying a conduit like a piece of PVC pipe under the step. Allow clearance for a bilge pump aft of the step. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 5:15 PM Jeff Helsdingen via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 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 > _______________________________________________ > > 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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