The bottom of the mast foot is flat, but if you drew a line in the fore and
aft direction along the center of the tabernacle, it would step downwards
about 1/16" halfway along. Why would anyone design a mast/foot/tabernacle to
rest on only the aft half of the foot? I have come up with no good reason
thus far.

BS

"Jim Conlin" wrote in message
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Can't remember what kind of boat but i remember one builder/rigger who
deliberately cut the bottom of his mast tubes a liitle on the bias so that
the bottom panel of the mast was encouraged to bow forward under
compression.
Robert or Karen Swarts wrote:

I have unstepped the mast on my Coronado 25 and noticed that the mast foot
is flat in the fore and aft direction, but the tabernacle is stepped down
about 1/16" at the middle of the footprint of the foot. Anyone know why
this is? Was there originally a spacer of
some sort between the forward bottom of the foot and the tabernacle? Any
suggestions would be welcome.

Bob Swarts