I pulled apart the whole base assembly for the port side mizzen running backstay to identify where the water had gotten in that caused the rotten spot on the hull plank. Bingo. Water had been getting in under the backing block and then tracking down through an unsealed gap in the deck and bulwark. This will be easily fixed, however the backing block itself will need to be replaced - from behind it is the consistency of feta...
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| Backing block removed. You can see the big gap in the timbers on the right hand corner. |
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| I dropped the screwdriver onto it from about two feet up. A tad knackered. |
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