Fer sure!Wow; that kind of damage to the mast tube may be a first one on this forum.
Thanks for posting!
the method
the factory used to secure the mast tube to the keel a screwed
up mess. Actually with a little work you can make the mast tube much
stronger than factory so you can sail in high winds without rolling the dice on breaking something.
Well I got the chance to cut out the donor mast step, and I’ll have to agree with beldar, that thing was rock solid. I had to cut though the keel and remove the resin and glass cloth in pieces. No wonder the mast tube snapped as opposed to detaching from the keel during the “incident “.When boats from the 60s thru today are still successfully bombing around in high winds I think the mast step construction by the factory should be considered to be just fine.