Getting right to my point.. what purpose do those hinges serve? (I assume that's what they are called... the pair that match up and you put the pins through.
When I lost my mast I was able to see the guts of the tabernacle and how my mast is attached. When I got the boat each portion of the mast had half of the tabernacle , so when I stepped the mast I had to match those two hinges up and their little holes .. so much weight to move an eighth of an inch here.. a smidge there. a scoch this way...etc etc. A Royal Pain. Is that the way everyone else has to do it?
When I reattach this thing I can't see any problem with keeping the entire assembly together, screw it in to one end of the mast or say, to the part that's on the boat and then just drop the mast on top and screw it in. And frankly (I'm a little crabby today) Why can't they just lose that whole thing, screw an inner pipe into the mast and call it a day? Was it designed by the same guy who made those wire rings ?? I'm going to lose my spot in heaven over these two. Thanks