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The newer boats don't have a problem with a sagging mast beam, like the older boats eventually did. There is an aluminum beam embedded in the overhead liner between the head and the forepeak. So why does the hanging locker door not close off the forepeak anymore? The newer boats sometimes have a problem with the inner pan sagging under the bulkhead between the head and forepeak. People have alleviated that problem by cutting an access hole in the vertical area of the space behind the head, jacking up the pan under the bulkhead, and glassing in support that extends down to the hull. Cy Fishburn wrote up the problem of the inner pan sagging under the bulkhead. That article, "Reinforcing the Mast Support in the Newer Boats" is in the maintenance manual which is available for purchase by Alberg 30 Association members.
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