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Thank you everyone for the thoughtful replies. We've been slacking on getting work done, but in our defense it's been over 100 degrees the past couple weeks. I'll check back in once we've made some progress. I think the hinged base is what we're going with...

(I'm re-posting this in General Discussion, in hopes of getting some more eyes on my question.)

After reading the original manual and looking at other mast-stepping photos, I'm curious if our base is put on backwards? From the looks of how ours is set up, it appears that you would roll the mast ...

Yet another update. We tinkered around with the mast base and after looking at other photos on this forum, and the looking at the suspect weld on the neck (?) of the metal part of the mast step, we concluded that some aftermarket work was done. An attempt to step the mast led to a little sideways ...

Hi! I have another mast- related question. I've uploaded a couple more photos to the link above. After reading the original manual and looking at other mast-stepping photos, I'm curious if our base is put on backwards? From the looks of how ours is set up, it appears that you would roll the mast ...

Thank you for the replies and the detailed solution to try. We'll give it a go - I definitely don't want our mast going anywhere!

Our new-to-us C26 has a dent on one of the sides where the spreader attaches to the mast. Some poking around on the internet seems to offer up solutions everywhere from "repairing with a sleeve" to "scrap it". Any other thoughts from this community?

Photos of each side at the spreader:
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Hi everyone - I'm so glad to have found this forum! Here's the quick version of our story... myself, my boyfriend and his brother have caught the sailing bug, and having never met a project we didn't like, came across a 1977 C26 for sale in our area (far Northern CA), and picked it up.
The main ...