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Today I made the mast retaining collar. It is a clamp-on device that prevents the mast from falling out should the dinghy capsize. I decided that this will be a better idea than the lasing around the gooseneck that the plans specify.

Here's the mast retaining collar hard at work retaining the mast. It seems to work well: I can pick up the dinghy by the mast when the collar is latched on. It is a shot of the underside of the bow seat. It really is painted bright white, but the accumulated dust of months of storage makes it appear brown and unpainted. The white spots are actually fingermarks in the dust through which the white shows.

posted by Niel Malan @ 08:04