Hi Len,

Thank you for the encouragement. The first time I am able to tack by just putting the tiller over I expect everything will suddenly look great.

Scott

I kept telling myself that this big box I was building would look less strange after it was mounted on the boat. Yesterday I dry fit the tabernacle. It still looks like a big box.

Hi David,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I have a stainless tube glued to Douglas fir blocks which are glued to the aluminum mast.

I am concerned that enough heat to remove the assembly will also ruin the stainless to fir bond. I am using west system epoxy.

Hmmm. Not sure what to do next. I will consider melting it off and starting over. 

Hi Annie,

Thank you for the encouragement. It is a big help. The more I work on my project the more I am amazed at how your boat is really a work of art.

I think I did things too quickly these last few days. I have a hinge glued to my mast now. Unfortunately it ended up 1.5 inches too high up. I built it the way it is in my drawing but I think I measured one thing and then made a drawing of something else.

I need to remove this hinge that is really securely glued to the mast, or cut off the bottom of the mast or add something to the top of the tabernacle. All these seem I like bad options.

Does anyone have a better idea how to fix this? 

And 3/8" stainless steel (18-8) threaded rod dry fit to holes drilled in the tabernacle.