Mine is just a recreational boat as well but I only wanted to repair it once. That's why stuck in the brace across the under the deck and replaced the brace from the dagger board trunk and mast step.
I used the West systems epoxy.
Good luck getting the job done and getting on the water!
Ditto on the previous post, with addition to pressure on the deck, there is a reinforcing piece of wood about 2" wide that runs from the Dagger-board trunk to the Mast Step.
Is the boat going to be used for racing?
One can use the the West Systems epoxy and made a glue or filler with it that will bond the new mast step in place and it will probably never move again!
Have a look at this info:
http://www.laserforum.org/showthread.php?t=29277&highlight=mast+step+repair
And check out West Systems web site:
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/
Yes a picture good thought, see attached.
Also have two small 1/8 ' splits about 1 " long on the bottom of the board, suggestions on repair, before vanishing.
Thanks
I would remove the brass drain, repair with Epoxy and cloth, drill a new hole and mount the brass drain with silcone and rubber gaskets.
Should cost to much, can get small packs of West Systems epoxy.
Would nice to have some pictures.
Sounds like it's time cut some holes for inspection (and repair) covers.
Maybe able to "glue" it with West Systems epoxy.
The laser I have has a wooden dagger board and it will move easily with one hand up and down, small piece of rubber at the back of the...
tjwa103
Nice repair looking forward to more photo's and details of the repair.
perlSailor
For the glue or filler i used West's 105 resin, 206 hardener and 404 thickener, later I used the 205 hardener because the out door temps were low and faster hardener still gave me lots of time to work, for...
1) Fortunately I was able to recover the original fibre glass tube, so it was reinstalled.
2) The diagram illustrates the mast step rack position as measured from the tangent of the stern to the top of the lower section of the mast (~151").
The mast step rack position as measured from the...
Additional information
Wanted to post some additional information I had gathered from this site and others.
Also found a pdf with spec's re the positioning of cleats, etc.
Wanted to Sail
Bought a 4 by 4 piece of 3/8 marine plywood and some West systems products.
Made a mast step out of 5 squares, glued together with West, then hole sawed out a 3" hole.
Cut a 6 " wide piece with a 3" hole for the upper mast tube support, also glued in.
Measured and mounted...
No there is no sleeve to take up space. The mast step hole is not round but oval .
The big concern should be does the mast hold water and not leak into the hull, the long term results are what my boat ends up looking like!
Hope that helps.
I have reviewed many of the previous mast step repairs, but am still confused on how to create and a-fix a new step, what type of material to use for the step and to repair the deck. See photos.
It appears the step and deck have been repaired at least once before.
Also trying set the mast...
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