[Alberg30] Additional Info on Mast step

[George Dinwiddie]

Mark,

If you want to take some photos, maybe we can document this as an
article on the website and in the Mainsheet.

 - George

> Mpete53 at aol.com said:
> 
> Joe
> 
> After we looked at your step last night, I started to think about mine.
> 
> Today I went to the yard and sure enough one of the 4 hold down on my step 
> was not set in correctly. Since I have the mast still down I took the plunge, 
> it is now off and in the basement.
> 
> What I found.
> 
> There are 6  3/8 x 1 flat head stainless bolts holding the step onto the 
> deck. These bolts are threaded directly into the fiberglass of the cabin top. 
> There is NO metal backing plate that I can find.
> 
> The bolts came out easier than I had expected. I used the largest screw 
> driver that I had (it saw still way to small to correctly fit the slot) 
> fitted with a wrench for additional leverage. The bolts turned out with a 
> fair amount of effort, but the poorly fitted screw driver never jumped out. 
> One of the bolts turned but didn't back out. the threads in the fiberglass 
> must have been striped. I figure that I will drill this one out and create 
> new threads using the West System since almost all the force is sideways.
> 
> The bedding compound that had been used 27 years age to mount the step was 
> not holding a thing. Once the bolts were out I just lifted the plate off. 
> There was a fair amount of corrosion buildup between the plate and the deck 
> that will need to be addressed but nothing major.
> 
> The bolt wholes that Joe is having trouble with go clear though the lower 
> plate. Although mine seamed shallower, that was due to the bedding compound 
> used to bed the plate coming up though the holes.
> 
> Mark       585  Jocelyn

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