Sad Story! Certainly one that demonstrates the passion of someone to get on the water. Your plan started right, but I can't believe there is no one around Ocala that could have helped you. We are lucky here in New York (even though we have to tear our boats down in another month): we get to leave our boats set up sitting on trailers; we have our own tractor to drop the boats in the water and we have on-site storage for our wetsuits, shells and gear. I honestly don't think I would own a catamaran anymore if I had to set it up every time I went out. \

We go to Florida to sail every year for about a month, and I watch people drive up to the shoreline and completely set up for a day's sailing, and I always feels sorry for them because they are missing a sense of the freedom that comes with just showing up with your cooler and choosing which sail and clothing to use and shoving off.

Anyway,Good Luck. It sounds like you'll be able to get replacement mast steps and rivet them on. There is a device you can buy to make your task easier; it's easy-step or something like that; it use to sell for about $110. I guess by now its quite a bit more.

Keep sailing; it's more than fun, it becomes a way of life.

Wyatt