freeze crack?
Hello again,
I don't believe standing water, which froze in the bottom of a mast would cause extreme pressure at the bottom... leading to a mast wall cracking. We have many plastic pails outside which collect rain water & freeze, intermittently, during our long winter (4 months). The ice just "grows up" and the plastic pail does not crack.
However, every mast step should drain. In my recent overhaul I cut a drain hole in the mast, which I believed to be a deficiency, only to find later as I cleaned the step that there was a central drain hole plugged with 30 years o' crud!
Cheers, Russ l
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