The 1973 Selden mast is down and while installing new lights and doing a few other jobs the rigger has taken off a few fittings to check for corrosion. He took off the bracket on which the spreaders are mounted and found 2 areas of corrosion on opposite sides of the mast near the leading edge of the mast.The corrosion is approx. one centimetre diameter and half the section thickness has gone.
Any views or has anyone had this problem or needed to replace a ballad mast?
Robert