I have cut through the gelocoat, glass, pulled off an aluminum plate, cut through more glass and epoxy, and reached the rotted wood directly under the step. Pulled out the rotted wood and will replace with white oak which I will epoxy before inserting. The issue I found, is that I see what appears to be a moisture wick running own the starboard side of the crossbeam (like what is used in brick laying) - but not on the port side where the VHF cable runs, which appears to be pretty much open! a) Has anyone seen this wick before? b) If I epoxy in the replacement wood, should I make a special effort to keep the wick from getting epoxy on it? c) Should I also run wick on the port side and if so where would it go??? The web page with repair photos will be up by night of 4/10. Thanks, Marty
