Mast Step Re-fit
By Dan Pfeiffer and Graham Bryan
Solution #3
 The owner of “Jade” also owns “Hornpipe” (10M, #38) and has refined the process of solution #2 to reduce labor time and costs, with little or no loss of functionality. Fiberglass floors are fabricated off the boat. The floors are an inverted L-shape (with flange at the top). The fiberglass mast step plate bolts directly to the flange. The floors are tabbed into the bilge with biaxial tape and biax/mat in the same manner as Solution 2 above). This method may not provide as much keel-to-hull rigidity as Solution 2, but has the advantage of not having to remove a portion of the cabin sole. The mast plate attachment is simpler, and eliminates the two angle brackets.
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