Thanks Patrick,
I bought a new forestay at the same time and when the forestay is attached to the upper adjuster(which I also added), the mast is nearly horizontal! So that ain't it. If just one hot shot mast raker would tell me what the length of their shrouds are I would be fat. You say that you will measure yours. Did you purchase your boat with the shrouds on it? Or did you buy them from Cat Sailor like I did. By this time one might think that suggestions would be in the sales literature but I sure didn't see it in Hobie, Murrays, or online at Cat Sailor. Maybe I missed it. I will look again.
Regarding 3rd question, when you read about raking the mast it is suggested that a potential problem is that you won't be able to sheet in the jib adequately as the blocks will be up against the traveler. The problem is that it is described as "possible", so it leaves you hanging...
Thanks again, ralph