I just
sold a 1989
Hunter 33.5 that had a rotted
compression post. We originally thought that the
deck had collapsed, because we couldn't tension the rig any further. Once the
mast was down we discovered that rain had gotten into the post and rotted it from the inside out.
We cut through the
deck to pull the post out, but I've seen other threads where they just cut it out without going through the deck. I'm glad we did it that way because we repaired the deck filler at the same time. We sealed the deck with a
stainless steel plate that covered the cut nicely.
The replacement post was made with laminated white oak, soaked in
epoxy to seal the ends. The
carpenter rewrapped the post in
teak. The finished job looks like the
boat just came from the factory and it was worth the $10K that I spent.
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