Advice on replacing mast deck plate

[Ron Gillies]

I did it back in 2010 on our 26S but don’t remember a lot about it and the boat has been sold. I needed to replace the mast step to use the mast raising system from Blue Water. I don’t recall the original plate being overly difficult to get off and I know I didn’t use heat. I probably used 5200 to put the new one on but in retrospect I would probably now use 4200 just in case I ever had to remove it again.

[Anonymous]

Zephyr:

It went as you described. The old plate came off quite easily. I used a bit of heat from a hot air gun but it probably wasn’t even necessary. I used 4200 to seal the new one in place.

Thanks for your thoughts.

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