[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 4230, Issue 1

[Rick Lange]

Richard,

It sounds like the wood under your mast step is rotten.  In my '93 model,
that wood was hardwood planking about a foot square and an inch thick.  It
was mated to the plywood deck core on three sides using 3M 5200 which kept
the rot from spreading to the core.  You may be able to save the fiberglass
skin by removing the collar around the top hatch to access the rotten wood.

Regards,

Rick Lange