[Spooty]

Thanks so much!  That makes perfect sense!  Essentially, by not sliding the mast fully onto the hinge-pin, I was “simulating” the pin hitting the “stop-screw”.  This also explains why when I was looking at the mast base yesterday, I looked up in the hinge-pin sleeve just to see if I “happened to notice something” and I did see 2 drilled holes in the mast sleeve, which meant nothing to me at the time, but now I realize that one of those two holes is where the stop-screw is supposed to go.  I’ll put a screw in the one that aligns the hinge-pin base with the mast base.  You don’t happen to know what the second hole is for, do you?

[Spooty]

Thanks so much for the response…very helpful!  The method you described is exactly the method I had thought about, so good to know it works.  My question, too, was around “at what height”, and you answered that, too.  Yes, the folks at FS are about as friendly and helpful as you can get!  I pester them regularly!
 

[Spooty]

Thanks!

[Spooty]

Thanks!

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