The mizzen mast step on my BRS-17 failed tearing up the seat. Looks like the strep plywood laminate failed, possible due to water damage since the step wasn’t epoxy coated (not sure about about whether the step should have been coated - I’m not the builder). Looks like the mizzen mast step is built up from 3 pieces of 3/8” plywood. Could use some suggestions on how to repair the step and seat. Thinking of making a new step, plane and sand out the old step, and epoxy the new step in taking care to epoxy coat all surfaces and possibly add a piece of fiberglass inside the step. Not sure if the mast step should be epoxied to the centerboard trunk (appears the old step was barely attached to the trunk - maybe by accident). For the seat, thinking of glueing the seat back together and add a piece of plywood underneath the seat to re-enforce the seat repair. Thoughts?
In addition, the mizzen rope traveler pulled out where it was just screwed to the rear seat. I’ll just re-attach the mizzen traveler using backing plates. Any suggestions on where to attach the mizzen traveler where the motor on the transom will not interfere?