Finn mast step

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azimuth
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Re: Finn mast step

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Well after making progress have now taken a couple of steps back!

Found that some of the (very thick) varnish around the mast step area is flaking off - fortunately the wood under these bits seems good and hard. Plan is to sand back and re varnish using a trad varnish as I'm not sure what the current stuff is so this seems less likely to have any strange reactions! I believe the boat has also been expoxied...

There is also one very small area (about 30mm x 7mm) under the plastic plate the mast sits on where the varnish appears to have been scraped away and the wood is slightly soft (easy to push a thin, sharp, small screw driver into a bit), I'm going to try to remove the soft stuff (awkward to do) then fill with glue and a little bit of ply off cut before re varnishing.

Any thoughts/suggestions on these plans welcome!

Thanks
Keith
Keith.

Finn K60 'Sfinnx' Fairey
Zenith 74 'Azimuth' (rescued from the undergrowth 20yrs ago)
Zenith 61 'Bali Hai'... A family heirloom...
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Re: Finn mast step

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This shows the flaky varnish - gone milky at the sides
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This shows the scrape where the wood has gone soft.

Shame this area can't drain when the boat is outside (not often!), might have to experiment with taping a plastic bag round the mast!
Keith.

Finn K60 'Sfinnx' Fairey
Zenith 74 'Azimuth' (rescued from the undergrowth 20yrs ago)
Zenith 61 'Bali Hai'... A family heirloom...
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