The mast step support update:
The original mast step support was also needing attention. Years of water had gotten in through the mast step bolts and rotted the wood inside. I only wanted to cut out the necessary part to replace the wood in way of the mast step support area. I found a rather large cavity between the lining and the actual deck cabin roof and sides. I decided to fill this with urathane foam. You can see previous photos. The area is much more solid now and will offer stronger support I hope. I replaced the actual wood with 12mm waterproof ply wood. Then I added a "contour piece" of 6mm waterproof plywood to try and get back to original size/shape of the inner lining. This was then all heavily bonded in with epoxy adhesive and the filleted, sanded and shaped and then finally covered with two layers of CSM glass matt from one side to the other of the cabin roof.
This job also started way back in September 2017!
The original mast step support was also needing attention. Years of water had gotten in through the mast step bolts and rotted the wood inside. I only wanted to cut out the necessary part to replace the wood in way of the mast step support area. I found a rather large cavity between the lining and the actual deck cabin roof and sides. I decided to fill this with urathane foam. You can see previous photos. The area is much more solid now and will offer stronger support I hope. I replaced the actual wood with 12mm waterproof ply wood. Then I added a "contour piece" of 6mm waterproof plywood to try and get back to original size/shape of the inner lining. This was then all heavily bonded in with epoxy adhesive and the filleted, sanded and shaped and then finally covered with two layers of CSM glass matt from one side to the other of the cabin roof.
This job also started way back in September 2017!
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