When we bought the boat there had been a long term water leak that affected the salon floor and we traced it to the mast support post. Water does get into the mast at a few of the openings and most of it drains out at the base of the mast. Some water happens to follow the electrical lines into the inside the salon through the mast support post. There is a drain at the bottom of the post to allow any water a path to get out of the boat but somewhere the water found a new path. That path was along the seam lines of the teak and holly plywood floor which resulted in the wood joint becoming soft and rotten. So cutting the seams out replacing the wood with new wood and fixing the leak was the project. The covering of the salon floor with new teak and holly plywood is another project that will be talked about later.
Dry rot in old plywood
