Hi, I recently purchased an old wooden mosquito. I am new to Cats. I think it is from the early 80's. The hulls are in good shape but the rigging seems to be missing bits. There are quite a few holes in the aluminum and only two cleats on the front of the tramp frame mounted to take rope from the bow. I hope it is ok to ask a few questions!

How do I attach the boom correctly? The gooseneck rod slides in to boom but then there is nothing to attack the boom? Should I just rope it off? The mask end of the boom is cut diagonal, is this correct or is there something missing? I would expect it to simply lock in to a universal joint on the mast.

I have two booms but neither shows any mechanism for locking to gooseneck!

Does mast pivot have to be restricted?
Should the mask move synchronized with the boom?
IS there special equipment required to allow standing rigging to pivot and if so should I prevent all mast pivot for now?
What is the correct use of the mast arm?

Any help would be very much appreciated

cheers
Joe