I replied to this from my phone and I think I forgot to delete all the other digest posts, etc. Sorry about that. Here’s my reply again: > I did it on my 1983 C&C24 when I first bought her. It's very straightforward. > The OEM base was plywood, looked to be fir, if I remember correctly. And > although it was rotting, there was enough left of it to use as the template > for the replacement. I used a piece of solid mahogany epoxied cross grain > into 2 laminations. I also epoxied the base on all faces before epoxying it > in place, for extra rot resistance. The post detached easily (while the mast > was unstepped, of course!) > Ed
> From: Kreg Kinney <kregkin...@gmail.com <mailto:kregkin...@gmail.com>> > I noticed that the shrouds on my 1977 C&C 24 were a little loose. I did a > bit of digging and found that the base of the compression post, in the bilge, > has started to rot and has caused the compression post to be about 1/2" lower > than it should be. I plan to tackle this repair over winter haul out. Has > anyone else experienced this? The coachhouse in the area of the mast step > shows no signs of rotted core, so I don't believe that I will have any issue > there. I plan to unstep the mast to rewire, so will do the compression post > repair with the most off. Is there anything that I should look out for, or > words to the wise from someone who has done this repair? >
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