Good idea, but in this case the tabernacle is a casting that Columbia Boats
put on several thousand Coronado 25s.

BS

"wtf" wrote in message
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Robert or Karen Swarts wrote:
All of your responses are plausible, but I don't think any of them
are
correct. The drop is 1/16" down as one moves forward along the
tabernacle.
The foot itself is rebated in the middle to ensure good contact on
the edges
and to shed water. The hinge, which is at the rear, requires no
clearance. I
just don't know.

BS

"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
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Robert or Karen Swarts wrote:
I have unstepped the mast on my Coronado 25 and noticed that the
mast
foot is flat in the fore and aft direction, but the tabernacle is
stepped
down about 1/16" at the middle of the footprint of the foot.
Anyone know
why this is? Was there originally a spacer of
some sort between the forward bottom of the foot and the
tabernacle? Any
suggestions would be welcome.

Bob Swarts

Some sort of hinge arrangement to make starting the mast down a
little
easier?

Which way is the drop?

There was a corner ground off of the foot on my 22' SC to make it
easier
to hinge.

Terry K


I think you all may be over thinking it. As an occassional builder, the
first thing I thought was, the builder did not have a big enough piece
of scrap, so he used two small pieces ..
Well, it's a thought!

umph...