Thanks so much We did a thorough job at cleaning all rotten wood , chisel gently extra pieces and put a new piece of pine wood which was heavily...
Some really good comments and questions. This is how big the step is, the base of the mast for on the screw going across
Thanks wet feet By a scarf , do you mean fiberglass ?
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The small section under the mast step came off exposing rotten wood on the stringer. I suspect the section that broke off had been repaired before...