: That's very timely advise Bill as I will start on the mast step today and I
: was just running different mast step ideas through my head. I have a 4
: inch long piece of inside aluminum tubing left over that I was thinking of
: using but the close tolerances could cause problems.

: John

Really doesn't have to be all that tight, on the dinghys the mast steps were perhaps 1/16" or so oversize and work fine. Nice thing is they support the mast over the entire length, lots less likely to fail than just having a step on the sole and a deck support.

Bill H.