Alan Glos
Active Member
A friend has a mid-1980s Sunfish. Last fall he was sailing it in heavy air when the mast step failed.
The mast and rig fell aft and the deck around the mast hole cracked, but the mast tube appears to be intact.
I do boat repairs and he asked me to look at it. I told him that I could install an inspection port, re-glass the tube into the base of the step and repair the deck crack, but, given the stresses in this area, I told him that I could not guarantee the repair and it might better to buy a hull-only that he can transfer
the rig to and then scrap the hull for parts and landfill the hulk.
Has anybody out there made such a repair and if so, how did it work out?
No photos (I don't have ready access to the boat) but you get the idea.
Comments?
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY
The mast and rig fell aft and the deck around the mast hole cracked, but the mast tube appears to be intact.
I do boat repairs and he asked me to look at it. I told him that I could install an inspection port, re-glass the tube into the base of the step and repair the deck crack, but, given the stresses in this area, I told him that I could not guarantee the repair and it might better to buy a hull-only that he can transfer
the rig to and then scrap the hull for parts and landfill the hulk.
Has anybody out there made such a repair and if so, how did it work out?
No photos (I don't have ready access to the boat) but you get the idea.
Comments?
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY