E43 Ketch Maststep Leak
Date: June 5, 2001
From: Joyce M. Parmar jmparmar@home.com
Major leak into aft cabin from foot of mizzen mast, tracks across to starboard side above vanity. The wood behind and above finishing has rotted somewhat. Other than removing the mast does anyone have any suggestions.
Date: June 7, 2001
From: Stuart Phillips StuP@aol.com
I have an Endeavor 43 Ketch. I have had exactly the same problem. Unfortunately we found that we had to take down the mast and rebuild the support to the compression post. We found that the problem was in the support of the mast by the compression post.
At the same time we took down the after Hatch and recaulked it. It has not leaked since.
I found that there were also leaks around the main mast. You should check the I beam that is the support of the main mast for rust. Some of the original supports were shipped without galvanization. They rusted and needed to be replaced.
The other Hatches need to be taken out and recaulked at regular intervals or they will leak into the headliner also.
I hope that someone has a way of fixing it without taken the mast down. If they do please copy me. If not let us know how it worked out.
