Collin, If you haven't seen it check out Paul's write up on his own mast step rebuild. As for epoxy coated hardwood I suggest G10 instead. Or at least a some other 1/2 inch FRP board similar to what Paul used. http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/search/label/MastStep
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jan 18, 2018 10:50 PM, "Collin Ferguson via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: My mast step stringers were in very bad shape and the mast plate was dropping into the bilge so I'm replacing the step this winter. I have a few questions... 1). Terminology wise, are the lateral plywood supports considered the mast step or stringers? Or is the heavy cast iron plate that sits on top of them called the mast step? 2). I've read the very helpful documents about others who have taken on this task. They have used GPO-3 or other non wood materials. I would like to use epoxy coated hardwood because I'm much more comfortable shaping the wood to fit in. If it lasts 20 years I'll be more that happy. The original plywood lasted 40 so I would think it should. My question is, what type of wood? I was thinking White oak or Mahogany. 3). How important is it that the 3 new pieces go all the way to the keel? Of the 3 current supports only the forward most support went all the way to the base of the bilge, the other two had enough space between them and the bottom of the bilge to pass a large diameter bilge hose through. I'm not sure if that was original or if one of the PO's modified them to run the hose. There were many failed repairs to the original structure. 4). I'm thinking about putting an automatic bilge pump in between the pieces under the mast. The current setup only had a hose running in there to a manual whale pump. Is it a good idea to put a small automatic pump in there? Thanks, Collin 1974 C&C 30 MK1 Libra Baltimore _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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