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Originally Posted by mitiempo
Adding a strengthening beam under the mast step at ther top of the bulkhead and attached to that bulkhead can be a good idea on a lot of older boats - as I will be doing to my boat. Tritons quite often need this fix as well. But I know of no-one who suggests doubling the whole bulkhead. See the top picture in this link - it enlarges - the boat is a Triton. Northern Yacht Restoration | 1966 Pearson Triton Circe
Brian |
As long as you feel good about a 25 to 35 year old 1/2 plywood holding up your mast support beam, I not one to stop you. I am just saying the flex could be in the bulkhead and not the beam and a new beam is not going to fix that. But doubling will. I also seen boats built like this, that have been framed out under the mast step and beam much like a door using jack studs that are run to new stringers in the bilge.