Posted by mitya fonin (mitbok1@…>)
I have a stepping mast on my 21’ and it looks like something is loose at the stepping part. It is not that much play, but I can see it when the boat rocks. And last year some of the top coat chipped away at the bottom of the mast. I have seen somewhere on the net an F21’ with the same problem and the owner had affixed some sort of a metal tube where both parts of the mast meet. I don’t trailer the boat so the stepping function is not important to me. What I am planning to do is take the mast wedges out, wrap a tubular aluminum sheet ( they have them preshaped at home depot ) around the mast where the knee is so it covers both parts and tighten it with SS rings. Than put the wedges back ,silicone, etc. Any suggestions ? bad/good idea ? Brgds. Dmitry
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