Bout a month ago I asked about how to upstep my mast. This is why. While having my rig tuned I heard a pop. The rigger said it was the rig settling and not to worry. That was the wrong answer. I got nosey and found a rotton support block behind some warped fiberglas in the forward section of the bilge. While looking at that I noticed that a crack had formed in the overhead at the compression post. WOW! Although Frank did call me himself, it has taken four weeks to get any help from Catalina on the subject. Finally, they found an original mast base support block, for $85.00 +s/h, which I have chosen not to use. The reason is that the block would require tons of trimming before I could use it. Ask me later how they install the damn thing. What I have before me is a space with a very small footprint for which I am making a truss out of 1/4" stainless steel flatbar. I have the drawing out later on my site. The truss will be bolted and epoxied in place and the deck is about to get a series of epoxy and high density vitimins. Hopefully this will make her feel better. See what happens when you go back to school and hardly sail for two years?