Mike, I'm about 4000 + miles away from my AI at the moment and i cant go check so I maybe totally wrong on this but the clips in the
collar and the
collar is an integral part of the crossbar which is bolted into the deck...you can raise or lower the position of the furling drum so it doesnt bear against the deck by increasing the compression on the bracing struts that support the
mast receiver inside the hull. This would also (I THINK) take up the slack against the retaining clip....your effectively raising/lowering the deck relative to the
mast reciever when you adjust the braces....I THINK.......
mikereddy wrote:
Thanks Stringy for the links. Just read them. OK, the fix is a fairly serious reglue job....
Why is the mast allowed to ride up in the socket nearly a half an inch before the spring clip arrests the movement? It doesn't seem to do that while sailing, but it doesn't make sense to me that this slack should be in the system.