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BreezingUp wrote:All I wanted was a mast that was easy to step, and I thought the tabernacle sounded like a good solution. Now I'm thinking I bought the wrong boat.
BreezingUp wrote:Thanks for all your responses. I'm surprised to read this:
"The mast hinge instructions from D&R suggest drilling a horizontal hole through the stub/step casting, and using the forward hinge pin to hold the stub down while stepping/unstepping the mast."
"Suggest drilling a horizontal hole"? These are installation instructions??
I was also dismayed to read this:
"I can see why they did add it--my cuddy floor is flexible when I climb in there, and I don't weigh all that much. Tightened shrouds and forestay generate a lot of downforce. The idea that all of that downforce is concentrated in a point load at the base of the mast, on a fiberglass panel that isn't especially strong, is kinda scary."
All I wanted was a mast that was easy to step, and I thought the tabernacle sounded like a good solution. Now I'm thinking I bought the wrong boat.
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