I think that is correct for my boat. There is a kinda white looking golfball sorta pin and the bottom of the mast has a little deep cup that the ball goes into. I do not see any sort of pin or even a place to put one. For me I think the safest best is gonna be lay the mast across the trampoline kinda sideways and push the cup onto the edge of the ball. Then hookup the port and starboard stanchion lines to like number 2 position from the top. Then I think our best bet is gonna be my tig welding a little pulley onto the vertical part of the trailer that holds the mast when traveling. Then I can take the winch which we use to pull the boat onto the trailer with and run the rope over the pulley which will be like six or seven feet off the ground and well above the trampoline and then hook that hook into the forestay cable end where the pin normally goes. Then I can kinda walk up the back of the boat under the mast until it gets high enough to allow my wife to crank the winch up slowly until the mast starts to get taught against the stanchion cables on both sides. That way the forestay will be right above the bridle at that point and she can unhook the winch cable from the forestay cable and hook it onto the bridle while I hold the mast vertical against the tension of the stanchion lines. We actually lowered the mast this way yesterday altho we did not have the pulley up high like that. I am making that pulley and brackets and I am gonna weld it to the vertical mast support on the trailer before we try to take the boat out this afternoon. Right now I am doing some machine work for my business and some Tig welding for a friends recumbent bike business.

Speaking of welding, has anyone ever made some of the wing seats like on a hobie 18 for a nacra? I had planned to make something like this for my boat at some point from say some aluminum or thin wall stainless steel tube. The configuration of the crossbeams on the boat are hollow tubes essentially and I was thinking I could make something that fit inside those tubes and then a few bends and some crossmembers wrapped in some neoprene rubber wetsuit material type stuff. Anyone tried this on a nacra? It would be nice to have for my wife and kids to be able to kinda fly out there without worrying about getting scared of the trapeze setup.... What say ye?

Also Anyone on here in the US Coast Guard? I spent several years as a puddle pirate...haha peace

Pete