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Tom Potter
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Initially Posted - 11/23/2005 :  17:33:47  Show Profile
Last week during a rain storm, I noticed the mast step was leaking. Today with the boat on the trailer I decided to fix it.

I removed the 4 bolts that hold the step inplace and started pulling up on the step, to my surprise the mast step and mast crutch pipe are one.


Here's a picture of the mast step hole with the sealer before I cleaned it up.


After I cleaned out all the old sealer.


Looking from the inside up and out the hole.


I called Catalina and ask them what they used at the factory when installing the mast step, they told me 3M 4200. I put the mast step/crutch back in the hole and put plenty of 4200 around the crutch and filled in around the hole.


I then put the bolts and nuts back on and snuged them up until the 4200 started coming out around the edges. I tighten them up the rest of the way tomorrow after the sealer sets.
1997 250 TR WK (sold)
1984 O'Day 28 (sold)
1979 SISU 22
Bath, NC.
Edited by - Tom Potter on 11/23/2005 17:34:15
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