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craig wrote:RE: gluing. Mine is not glued in because I had already painted the cabin. Maybe I would use epoxy if building from scratch.
Completely agree about keeping the shrouds tight. The mast/tabernacle will pivot forward until stopped by the shrouds. The top of the tabernacle will pull away from the bulkhead, and the bottom will push into the bulkhead. The majority of the force seems to be around the top bolt, which is why I used a 1/2" bolt there and use a doubler at that position. Before my shrouds were tight enough, I could actually see the (unreinforced, no doubler) bulkhead plywood bulging outward from the force of the mast on the stainless fender washers. With the doubler in place, that force is distributed across a much wider area, and the bulkhead can't fail as easily. Make sure you tighten the shrouds though!
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