woodyericson
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Does anyone know how the E29 mast step is assembled from deck to keel? Any pics or drawings?
E29 Mast Step from deck to keel?
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We've been approaching this like the blind men to the elephant, but maybe have enough pieces to figure it out.
Aluminum mast step is screwed into the deck with four wood screws. (And I've slipped a stainless steel deck organizer beneath that, with a layer of 3M Scotchrap between.)
A stripe of deckhouse about 18" wide under the mast step is cored with plywood (while the rest is balsa).
There is some sort of thick fiberglass wedge built into the overhead cabin liner that takes the load from the deck to the top of the compression post.
Wood compression post, stabilized by a bulkhead.
Another fiberglass wedge built into the sole.
A "floor" made of laminated plywood (six layers?) takes the load from the sole to the keel.
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Looks like a couple of pieces of steel in there too? Paging Texlan...
Random wads of roving stuffed back around it to conceal what's going on. Seems to be a limber hole drilled through the "floor" that isn't sealed in any way, just lets water in to cause rot.
Aluminum mast step is screwed into the deck with four wood screws. (And I've slipped a stainless steel deck organizer beneath that, with a layer of 3M Scotchrap between.)
A stripe of deckhouse about 18" wide under the mast step is cored with plywood (while the rest is balsa).
There is some sort of thick fiberglass wedge built into the overhead cabin liner that takes the load from the deck to the top of the compression post.
Wood compression post, stabilized by a bulkhead.
Another fiberglass wedge built into the sole.
A "floor" made of laminated plywood (six layers?) takes the load from the sole to the keel.
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Random wads of roving stuffed back around it to conceal what's going on. Seems to be a limber hole drilled through the "floor" that isn't sealed in any way, just lets water in to cause rot.