[Public-List] Mast Beam Repair

[Mike Lehman]

Worth menitioning, at least, is that one problem is that the beam is not directly under the mast. Only the front of the mast sits on the beam, so there is twisting involved which is why many boats have depressions in their decks behind the mast. This is also why a single-plate repair did not work. While repairing the beam (which ever methods you choose), plan to add some long tapered supports to the aft-side of the bulkhead on each side of the doorway.

 
Mike Lehman 

 
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> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:36:00 -0800
> From: wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Mast Beam Repair
> 
> I had a hard time visualizing them as well until I saw the picture - basically, the slots provide a path for the fibreglass to connect both sides of the tabbing/layup so that the stress is taken up by fibreglass rather than epoxy. I was in fact thinking the mast beam had vertical laminates - as I said, I haven't seen my mast beam yet. For horizontal laminates, your idea of screws to key it is basically the same thing as the slots - the difference is a screw is a round/metal hole to key rather than a rectangular "hole" filled with fibreglass/epoxy. 		 	   		  
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