[alberg30] Remove step plate

[Guy Lalonde]

From: Guy Lalonde <lalondegc at videotron.ca>

Joe,

instead of oak, I wonder if masonite might be a good material for the mast
step. I hear a lot of good thing about it on this list but I'm not sure if
it would be adequate for this purpose.

Any thoughts on that out there ?

Guy.
Cyrena #466

----- Original Message -----
From: alberg30 <alberg30 at interactive.net>
To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [alberg30] Remove step plate


> From: "alberg30" <alberg30 at interactive.net>
>
> Guy: I recall that there was some sort old core in the mast-step pad. I
> think it was balsa or something. I am fairly sure that it was not all
> glass, since the original holes for the mast-step plate were where the
> water leaked in and the whole problem started. There also did not appear
to
> be any sort of glass layer between the pad and the  deck at the mast-step
> area.
>
> I have decided to replace the pad with a 1/2 thick piece of oak hardwood
> bought at Home Depot. I have not embedded it yet, but have been working to
> get the proper camber and ensuring the pad area is level on all four
> points. I plan to drop a bunch of thickened resin at the pad area, then
lay
> the wood pad on then cover it in glass. Mind you the deck is already
> completely glassed over by itself.
>
> Then, after glassing in the pad, I am going to drill little "wells" in
> which my plate, complete with the seized bolts, will fit. I will fill the
> holes with resin and then glass the bottom of the plate to the deck.
>
> At least thats my plan. I am still debating it actually while I wait for a
> weather window.
>
> What does everyone else think?
> I fell certain I will ruin the plate trying to get the bolts unseized. And
> without the bolts actually screwing into anything in the deck, what good
> are they but to keep the mast from walking away( see earlier post re: mast
> step)?
>
> Please, before I make another painful boat blunder, someone give me some
> ideas.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe #499
> "One Less Traveled"
> ----------
> > From: Guy Lalonde <lalondegc at videotron.ca>
> > To: alberg30 at onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [alberg30] Remove step plate
> > Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:12 PM
> >
> > From: Guy Lalonde <lalondegc at videotron.ca>
> >
> > Joe, Tom, Greg,
> >
> > thanks for your advice. Finally got the plate off, with patience and
> prying
> > it off slo-o-o-o-wly one small area at a time. If that had not worked my
> > next step would have been to use heat. There was some kind of bedding
> > compound underneath which is probably why it was so difficult.
> >
> > In the Maintenance Manual, (Scott Maury, "Bill of Rights #487", Mast
Step
> > Repair) it is said that the mound on which the mast step sits on is made
> of
> > plywood and glass. Mine is pure glass, somewhere around 1/2, maybe even
> 3/4
> > inch thick, then the balsa core then the lower glass skin.
> >
> > What did you guys, or anybody else who has done this repair, find under
> the
> > mound ? Would it be better to rebuild with or without a piece of plywood
> ?
> >
> > Guy.
> > Cyrena #466
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: SutherlandT <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
> > To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 12:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [alberg30] Remove step plate
> >
> >
> > > From: SutherlandT <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
> > >
> > > Guy ... When I removed my mast step plate I did not meet as much
> > > resistance as you and joe. When I got the screws removed ( using an
> > > impact driver, solvent , and patients ) the plate itself came off
> pretty
> > > easily. In your case  someone before you has likely sealed the plate
> > > down with either epoxy or polyurethane. In either event it may help to
> > > apply a little "heat" to the plate. I would play a propane torch
> > > carefully on top of the plate to achieve this. It is my understanding
> > > that polyurethane (3M 5200)  can be softened with heat. You might also
> > > heat a thin bladed putty knife and try and work it under the plate at
> > > the same time.
> > >
> > > I think the important thing is to be patient and not  rush anything.
> > >
> > > Tom S
> > > A30  #412
> > > InCahoots
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Guy Lalonde wrote:
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