[Rhodes22-list] Mast step issues?

[Matt Wilson]

Thank you Roger and Peter, I agree that it seems like the design should
have had more direct support.

If anyone had an image of what the base of the post should look like (how
it ties into the hull at the bottom) that would be super helpful. I will
peruse the list later but having an  idea would be great.

Thanks everyone!
Matt

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I've just gone back through this whole thread to try to make sense of it.
> I've reached some conclusions:
>
> 1) There obviously _is_ a compression post.
>
> 2) This boat is configured with the fully enclosed 'swell head'.
>
> 3) Based on pictures and the attached 'floor plan', it seems that the
> compression post in a 'swell head' layout is well forward of the of the
> position it occupies in the 'standard' layout. Perhaps someone else with a
> 'swell head' layout can confirm.
>
> 4) This also puts the compression post well forward of the mast (way too
> far forward for my liking).
>
> 5) In general, it seems that this arrangement works anyway, but is clearly
> failing on Matt's boat.
>
> 6) But, in order for this to work, the deck needs to be very strong in
> order for it to 'carry' the load from where the mast is to where the
> compression post is.
>
> 7) Matt's deck isn't doing the job.
>
> So, my guess is there's rot in the deck. Otherwise, it wouldn't bend like
> that. The possibility that there's also rot under the cabin floor should
> obviously be considered as well.
>
> I have doubts that any reasonable repair could restore the full original
> strength of the deck.  Therefor, I think it likely that another compression
> post more directly under the mast will need to added. (But the deck should
> be fixed too.)
>
> That's my best guess, anyway.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
>
>
> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
>
> > On 2024-06-27, at 08:03:19 EDT, Matt Wilson wrote:
> >
> > So you do not see a compression post?   Someone probably removed it?
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
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