Bobsprit wrote:
You know where the mast goes through the deck? Is it fixed in the metal
ring perhaps with a big bolt?


I don't believe, not for a second, that Donal did not know what you were
talking about.
Nice of you to explain anyway for him.



And there was me thinking he was asking for information, espectailly as
he seemed taken with Doug's ideas about how the mast is a lever
amplifing deck level movements. Then again, do you suppose it could be
possible that that Dinghy Doug doesn't know that that bigger yachts with
keel stepped masts do not generally adjust rake at deck level?

Cheers