Cutting Out the Failed Mast Step of a Panda 40 in Seattle, Washington
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2020
- Episode #160 : Sailing Dreams : OFF WITH THE STEP
Hello Friends,
We continue our mini-series this week that finds us up in Seattle helping our friend & Patron Tim get his 1981 Panda 40 "SV DECATUR" into sailing condition.
On this weeks episode I start cutting the mast step out as soon as the mast has been pulled and we get back to our temporary slip in Shilshole Bay Marina.
After removing the mast shoe and seeing lags and the impression I came to the conclusion that the water intrusion likely happened through the lag bolt holes as water collected in the mast and had no where to go do to the clogged step drain. On the new mast step we will be over drilling the lag holes and filling it with an epoxy sleeve to prevent this from happening again in the future.
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Nice work. You are good friend, he's lucky to know you. Interesting and almost got me off the settee to look at my own mast step.
Nice vid. Thanks.
Looked like there was no sealant under the shoe. Had it, or at least the lag screw holes, been sealed with some good quality sealant during initial construction the whole issue might have been avoided. Given the apparent build quality of Pandas the failure is something of a surprise. So much easier to do things right the first time.
It was not what I was expecting. I was expecting solid wood down to the keel and over to the hull port and stbd not a center support. Nice work man. I appreciate you showing us all of this too.
The center support allows a good deal of water to flow to the bilge on ether side to help keep it from sitting in water / trapping water in that forward area
Good Nz morning James and Camille. Good informative video guys. James you kinda remind me of an old mate of mine back in the day when i was a liveaboard. He was always keen to help with advice and practically. Examples..he found a perfectly good ssteel wood stove in a dumpster. Gave it to me, and proceeded to weld together a stainless steel tube as a flue.
Another time it was ratlines.
And because he wouldn't accept payment, I cooked a meal. Or 2 or 5. And you my friend remind me of him. I'm sure all of us have a "James" mate. Thankyou Sir. Take care and stay safe James and Camille. Atb.
Excellent video! What a great job you did. My question is how do you check to see whether the mast step is good or bad? I don't think my surveyor checked it very well. I have a 1983 Baba 40 which shares the same design. Just had the privilege to meet Bob Perry in Port Ludlow, WA. I live in Michigan and my boat, La Sirène (the former Cadenza) is currently in a yard in Fort Pierce, FL.
You know you're deep in it when the sawzall, and grinder get broken out.
A buddy of mine once said “ a Sawzall is the tool you use when you need to cut some you shouldn’t be cutting” 😂
I’ve heard before of clogged drain holes in bottom of mast causing mast step failure.
Also, standing water in the mast can’t be good for the mast.
Standing water in the mast sure explains the deep impression.
Are you delivering this boat south? Off the coast south of San Francisco before noon on Tuesday, 10/27? Just a wild stab. But if it was you or this boat we jus did a starboard too pass by
Boat reminded me of this boat
Nah it’s still up north, it will be in the PNW until next summer
Did you consider laminating a couple sheets of G10 to make the mast step? While being (much) more expensive than the plywood, it would be bomb proof. It would never rot, or crush. Basically would last the life of the boat (and beyond).
I suggested G10 but Tim wanted to go with marine ply
Suggest sealing the plywood with unthickened epoxy.
Did you put epoxy resin in between the three marine plys?
I am curious how you feel about rebuilding the mast step without stepping? I was given a boat. Not worth investing a ton of money, but I think it would be doable. By building load support in the salon before removing the compression post. Just looking for a much more experienced opinion.
Do you mean without un-stepping the mast? If I understand what you are asking correctly, you have a deck stepped mast with a compression post and the base of the compression post needs rebuilding? If that’s the case I would say you can for sure do it while leaving the mast up, just slack the rig a little and put in side supports near the compression post until the rig is tight again then remove the post, most posts are only ever under a lot of pressure while you are sailing unless your deck has failed
@@SailorJames yes Sir. You understood correctly. Thank you for the feedback! I figured it was doable just wanted confirmation from someone with much more experience.
A video without the lovely Camille?!? ❤️
She was visiting her sister who lives in Seattle