Finishing the New Mast Step on SV Decatur, A 1981 Panda 40

Episode #161 : Sailing Dreams : SET THE STEP

Hello Friends,

On this weeks episode we show you a few of the steps we took to making the the new mast step, as I have mentioned in other episodes in this series, we did not film this in my typical "how to" style as we were had to complete this entire project in 5 days time including pulling and stepping the mast, which only gave me 3 days to actually cut out the old, build and install the new step.

I got the step sealed in 2 coats of epoxy resin followed by 2 laters of mat glass on the bottom and 4 layers of glass on the top. The step was adhered below with thickened epoxy and tabbed onto the hull with the top 4 layers.

I also over drilled holes where the lag screws would go to fasten down he mast step and filled them with thickened epoxy before adding the 4 layers of glass. This gave us impenetrable sleeves for the lag screws to live in preventing water ingress in the future when or if the sealant breaks down, which is what I am certain was the cause of the original mast step failure.

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