No, it's not his. In all due respects, I met Smitty one time on the beach, and he was a heck of a nice guy. I would have liked to known him better.
Actually, the boat came from the Nacra dealer in Sarasota a couple of years ago. I had a 18' Prindle for about 12 years and got out of cats. The dealer was getting out of cats and had this and a 5.0 for sale. Since I'm rather on the large side, I decided on the I-20. They had a young fellow by the name of Steve that had been setting them up, and was a student on the sailing team at USF. He helped me once or twice but nothing since then. I've been to Honeymoon Island twice. I live in Hernando which is just north of Inverness and not to far from Floral City and Larry Ferber. I've never met Larry, but do know one of the guys that sail with him.
I guess the best thing to do, is to make time and come down on a Saturday and meet all you guys at the pass.

I'd like to thank everyone for the input and advice as to repairing the EO pole.

Forrest