I left my boat out in the Swedish winter. When I could finally take it inside today I saw that
the mast step was full with water/ice. It has probably re-frozen several times during the last month.
Not good. But the mast step holds water, and inside the hull the mast step was dry. The putty is in place, dry and strong. So I wonder what I should do. Reinforce with glass fibre and epoxy, a few layers over the putty and around the mast step? It would seem a shame to remove the putty that's still strong.
I'm thinking it would be even better to somehow close hair line cracks that may have developed inside the mast step and may eventually cause leaking. But how? A couple of years ago I had filled the bottom of the mast step that had worn with a mix of epoxy and short glass fibres.
Yours Bernhard
the mast step was full with water/ice. It has probably re-frozen several times during the last month.
Not good. But the mast step holds water, and inside the hull the mast step was dry. The putty is in place, dry and strong. So I wonder what I should do. Reinforce with glass fibre and epoxy, a few layers over the putty and around the mast step? It would seem a shame to remove the putty that's still strong.
I'm thinking it would be even better to somehow close hair line cracks that may have developed inside the mast step and may eventually cause leaking. But how? A couple of years ago I had filled the bottom of the mast step that had worn with a mix of epoxy and short glass fibres.
Yours Bernhard