[C38] Mysteri’s Cockpit Sole Etc.

[W. Reed Smith]

Max,

I saw that.  Thanks.  We were pulling the rotten plywood from under the cockpit sole anyway, so we figured we would re-do the pedestal at the same time.

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> On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
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> <File0193.jpg>Hi Reed, here's what Catalina recommends to do, in order to stop the pedestal from wobble..
> Regards, Max
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>> El dom., 11 ago. 2019 a las 13:18, W. Reed Smith (<wrsmithjd at yahoo.com>) escribió:
>> All:
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>> Ahoy!  Probably not doing this right, but what the hell!
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>> My friend Sean McNamara (in pic) is an engineer with “skills “.  
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>> I bought Mysteri about 3-4 years ago.  Great price, no idea of extent of rot/ termite damage ( survey totally worthless).
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>> Cockpit sole was soft, pedestal wobbled, did not worry me as much as others because pedestals all wobble at least a little in my experience.
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>> Anyway, Sean figures out that the boards I was viewing from port side lazerette under the sole would basically slide out ( totally rotten, old dry termite nest).  See pic of “slot” after old boards came out.  New “upper” board in pic next to my Chief Engineer.
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>> I didn’t want to, but Sean said disconnect everything and do pedestal at same time.  Pics.
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>> Great to have a friend that knows what he’s doing!!!
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>> Anyway, my first question:  Does anybody know whether there is a gasket ( or sealant) that goes under the pedestal on the sole?  See pic, looks like there was none.
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>> Thanks!
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>> Reed
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