compression post mast sag

I would first like to thank everyone that posts on this site, it has been a very benificial tool for me. I am relatively new to sailing and just bought my first monohaul sailboat a 1974 Ericson 32-2 Havoc a good project boat. This site has really helped me in fixing the boat, so far I have...

The side stays in my 1977 E-27 have gotten noticeably looser over the winter, and I'm concerned about material failure "somewhere". The boat was over-wintered in Connecticut in the water, uncovered. There is rot in the bottom of the plywood bulkhead panel between the head and the salon, but the...