Matt,

The drawing is fabulous but I suspect I need many of these parts, as NONE of them look familiar. As I mention above I have a '77 boat, and apparently I am missing the ball and (perhaps) some parts on the mast base. And EVERYTHING of the hinge assembly and pins, etc. SOUNDS like my boat may need some updating along with those missing parts. I am still boggled thinking of the mast just sort of floating on the teflon ball, but I like the idea. But I am pretty confident I would do all sorts of damage to either the boat or my body in trying to step the mast!

THANKS I now have a pretty good idea of what I need!

Richard