I recently discovered a small crack below my mast step of my ‘88. When I cut into the step I found significant rot of the underlying plywood. I ended up cutting out all of the plywood under the raised step (I think it’s something like 8” wide by 11” long).
I used a combination of marine grade plywood and West System 2 part epoxy to repair it. I saw, in my case, no evidence of sagging above or below. I have the athwart-ships bulkhead separating the main cabin from the head and bow. It appeared to me that the edge of that bulkhead was a compression post. Photos show the cleaned out area and then the area filled in but not yet pointed. A few months of sailing later…So far, so good.

Ed McNamara
s/v Scholar 88/01




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On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart.gm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you have a post after all- even if it is off center slightly then I
> would be checking out what is below the post to make sure it is solid right
> down to the hull.
>
>
> Graham Stewart
> Rhodes 22
> Agile, 1976
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> Matt Wilson <mwhornblower at gmail.com>
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> beckerman <recorderguy2001 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast step issues?
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> Just to clarify, this picture looks like mine and the post you referenced
> is not directly h set the mast.  So if that is the normal set up and my
> cabin roof is slightly sagging, what could be the cause and what should I
> do to remedy this?   I like the idea of a curtain for the head because the
> door is in the way. Perhaps adding an additional post would fix the
> problem?
>
> Many thanks all,
> Matt
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM Matt Wilson <mwhornblower at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > But that is not directly under the mast is it?
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 10:26 AM peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> >> The arrow points to the compression post on the attached pic of cabin
> >> with "swell head"
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> >> Peter
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