Got to raise a mast step

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I just went through the same process. I cut 2 inches off the end of the mast and sent it with the mast step to a spar shop. They built up the step to account for the removed portion of mast. They used aluminum and painted it with Awlgrip. I don't know how thick the vertical pieces were because they were capped with a 3/8" thick aluminum plate. It seems very solid.