Mast Step Re-fit
By Dan Pfeiffer and Graham Bryan
Solution #1
 Metalmast Marine provides a solution by custom fabrication of a new anodized aluminum riser/step. You cut the corroded portion off the bottom of your mast and send it to them with the steel mast step. They fabricate a riser to match the height of your cut off portion. At the top there is a plate for the mast to sit on with a flange that fits snuggly inside. The base is a plate that matches the footprint of the OEM step for a bolt in replacement. Because the new riser/step is aluminum like the mast there is no galvanic corrosion between them. The base of the riser/step still sits in the bilge and is still secured to the stainless (or bronze) keel bolts so there is corrosion potential there. But it’s the riser/step that will corrode, not the mast or the keel bolts. The riser step is a lot cheaper and easier to replace than the mast. The cost is in the $300-$400 range. Lifetime may be 10 years.
Metalmast Marine
55 Providence Street
PO Box 471
Putnam CT 06260
Phone 860-928-2776
Fax 860-928-7312
metalmast.marine@snet.net
http://sailingsource.com/metalmast/
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