Chrysler Sailors Forum

Yup, I am a "Belt and Suspenders" kinda guy

check out my earlier post labeled Mast step repair c26 - I have some interesting photos of what it looks like under all that rot. also, I have just today finished my repair- since i don't have a lot of faith in any epoxy or fiberglass solution, I made my own "Bolt on" solution. The way is ...

Terrence, keep an eye on that crack, that is how mine started, i think once water penetrated the gelcoat, it froze and made the crack bigger, until water started getting into the core material. keep it sealed really good. There was no barrier from the mast step down through the cabin top core materi...

Been there, done that one, although not to the extent you had to as my underlying wood was ok. I had the step plate rip out while stepping the mast If it were me I'd rebuild it pretty much the same way as original. But I'd take some steps to insure it didn't happen again such as adding some weephol...

I am attempting to repair the mast step on my c26- i am including a link to some photos https://picasaweb.google.com/sailxnite/1977ChryslerMastStepRepair?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCO7lr--l0ZjKqAE&feat=directlink as well as a diagram- https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Cymw-e7FcDRyvaH84wtQMPs...