I have just bought a Daysailer II with a mast hinge. A chain plate let go on the prior owner which resulted in the lower part of the hinge pulling out of the mast. The prior owner repaired this by cutting down the lower (short) end of the mast and re installing the bottom half of the hinge. I have not had the opportunity to rig the boat yet (need to buy new standing rigging and spreaders) but am trying to determine if the mast is now shorter and whether stock standing rigging for the DS will fit. There is a wood block under the mast step that may have been installed to make up for the shortened mast. My questions are: 1) Do other Daysailer II's have a wood block under the mast step (on top of the fiberglass cuddy floor)? and 2) what is the correct mast height and measured from where to where. Thanks.
Chris Carney (chriscarney-at-mediaone.net)