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Originally Posted by Wavery
If it were me, I'd take out as little of the original wood as possible. I'd carefully (and squarely) remove all of the wood rot then scarf in a new piece of wood. I'd use a "Multi-tool" or a 4" circular saw (or a combination) and make the cut as square and straight as possible.
See pic and youtube "How to scarf wood" or something. It isn't hard. I had to repair a wood mast on my sailboat one time in Africa. I learned how to scarf from an African shipwright. It was actually fun and when I sold the boat (70,000 miles later) the mast was still perfect. I even sailed through a cyclone with it between New Zealand and Australia in 1995.
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Wow thanks for sharing that story. It gratifying to see work you did last so long. Would love to see it one day.
By scarf do you mean a scarf joint of some kind? I guess I am unsure how someone is able to get deep enough into that area to remove the wood rott and cut a scarf joint. It appears to go in Pretty deep. In some areas it's more than 2".