Today we finished up the mast spreaders and prepared the last two feet of the mast for its new base attachment.

Good news for Stephen and Curtis, Jim Antrim, Guy Stevens and Keith – all that deflection at the spreaders is now totally gone; the walls are much stiffer!

Here’s the last foot or so of the mast before and after removing the steel pivot pin:

And here’s the relative size of the new cup that has to get mounted inside the mast:

Stay tuned for a proper plan on fixing this cup solidly…