so working on my masts stripping to do a refinish I get digging into the dry
rot problem at the base of the mizzen
mast. it looks worse then I hoped.
The pics are the result of about 10-15 minutes of digging and prodding
I have not done a close
inspection of the rest of the masts but this seems at quick
inspection to be the only bad spot.
my thought is to cut off the
mast maybe a foot above the top of where I find
rot and scarf in a new box underneath it. doing scarf joints on all 4 sides and another one on the brace in the middle instead of building a new mast base and doing one long scarf of the whole thing.
I am not sure how clear I am on my thoughts here are but hopefully some one understands and can tell me either .. good idea pay attention to .. .. .. whatever
advice theymay have. or .. you are an idiot and should just get a new mast.. or masts ..