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Mast dry rot
Check out between the two mast winches you can see where the mast was beginning to fold from dry rot in that area. The surveyor noted that the mast was in the process of collapsing, not what you want to hear as a new owner.
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Comment by Greg & Angie Wheeler on October 14, 2013 at 11:11am
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Very good to know, I wish there was a way to get the monster to my house so that I could take my time and make the necessary repairs. Here in Morro bay we don't have a lot of options.
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Comment by bob mitchell on October 14, 2013 at 4:49am
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A couple of things - I am not sure if you checked out my early "post mortum for newporter masts", but at that location I guess you might have noticed that the masts are solid, ie filled with 2x material - I think to just above the top winch. The other is that the scarf that is coming apart is not an original scarf - the original scarfs were 12" , more or less, long (also shown in the "post mortum" post. Any leaks that the masts might have above for its length would tend to accumulate in this area - so I guess the bittersweet good news might be that a large part of the rest of the mast might be ok! Also, even though I have some fine Sitka spruce, I am going to use doug fir to rebuild that area.
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