So, while doing preventative reinforcing of the mast step inside the hull, I had a good look down the mast tube from the outside. While the tube has always held water when I check it every so often, it looked like the fiberglass is starting to wear through. The paint is worn away, and I can see rough fibers. The other day I was walking through the club work bay and seeing a laser with an intact mast step, but a hole had been ripped through the bottom of the step, and so I started having nightmare thoughts about my own boat.
I thought of just pouring a good goop of epoxy down the tube to build the material up again, but is that enough? Any good ways of building back up/reinforcing the bottom of the mast tube? Would be nice if I could lay down some fiberglass, but it's just way too narrow to get down there properly.
I thought of just pouring a good goop of epoxy down the tube to build the material up again, but is that enough? Any good ways of building back up/reinforcing the bottom of the mast tube? Would be nice if I could lay down some fiberglass, but it's just way too narrow to get down there properly.
