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On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Edward Levert <weeselev...@gmail.com> wrote: > In 2006 when I was delivering from Carrabelle, Fl to New Orleans my new to > me 1971 C&C 30, the mast step collapsed while under sail on Mobile Bay. The > three plywood stringers supporting the wood plate on which the metal mast > step rested failed. The step was rebuilt by Donnie Brennan in Mobile. > Donnie has been the Boatwright for the US Olympic teams in China and > England. I was not present during the re-build but Donnie described his > method as follows. Using the remains of the stringers as templates, new > stringers were cut from fiberglass laminate. He had to cut a section of the > floor pan (my estimate is 3-4 inches wide) to allow him access to the turn > of the hull in the bilge in order to be able to prepare the hull for > glassing in the new stringers. With the new stringers glassed, he filled in > the spaces between them with epoxy and filler, using a section of PVC pipe > to leave access to the forward keel bolt through the epoxy fill. > > There is a similar description in the photo album under "Do it Yourself", > rebuilding a mast step on a 30Ft MK I > > Good Luck > > Ed > Briar Patch > C&C 34 > New Orleans > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Nate Flesness via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I'll soon have the mast out of my 1980 30-1 (for relocating her by truck) >> and want to >> forestall future mast step issues by redoing/strengthening >> it now. The mast was last out 8 years ago. I've never pulled the oak mast >> step base plate, so don't know what to anticipate underneath. Advice >> welcome, pictures very welcome. >> >> I'm imagining figuring out the necessary drainage and keel bolt access, >> then using epoxy-saturated oak board or McMaster Carr fiberglass sheets to >> built a new support step, and maybe filling in what I hear is a large empty >> area with micro-balloon slurry? >> >> She's an all-freshwater boat which sits in a cradle 7 months a year, >> which may be why its lasted this long with no signs of trouble yet. >> >> Nate Flesness >> "Sarah Jean" >> 1980 30-1 >> >> Siskiwit Bay Marina >> Lake Superior >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >> bottom of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> >> >
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