Hey everyone - thought I'd post up and see what I get from here. I only got a couple of replies from the Hunter Owners Facebook Group.
I have taken the old Post out and chiseled away the rotten portions of the transverse beam overhead. Most of that rot was down the port side but I made both sides equal distance from the original wiring hole. About 11-12" total across. After chiseling the port side part away and getting to good wood I noticed I could wiggle that beam back and forth like maybe all the original epoxy used to set it had delaminated or broken loose.
What would you do? Leave it and continue with post replacement with metal or continue to take more of the transverse post out and replace it? My concern is side loads not compression loads from the mast. That will be fine once I put the new metal post in. I attached a link to pictures of port side of beam after chiseling, starboard side and a short video of the wiggling you can more hear than see cause of shaky video. Maybe wiggles 1/16" to 1/8" toward beam not up and down.
Google Photos Album Link
I have taken the old Post out and chiseled away the rotten portions of the transverse beam overhead. Most of that rot was down the port side but I made both sides equal distance from the original wiring hole. About 11-12" total across. After chiseling the port side part away and getting to good wood I noticed I could wiggle that beam back and forth like maybe all the original epoxy used to set it had delaminated or broken loose.
What would you do? Leave it and continue with post replacement with metal or continue to take more of the transverse post out and replace it? My concern is side loads not compression loads from the mast. That will be fine once I put the new metal post in. I attached a link to pictures of port side of beam after chiseling, starboard side and a short video of the wiggling you can more hear than see cause of shaky video. Maybe wiggles 1/16" to 1/8" toward beam not up and down.
Google Photos Album Link