Thanks. The old pin had simply disintegrated into a rust line. The stainless guy still has my pulpit and yes, I'm guessing he has all kinds of stuff laying around. Did a nice job on the pintle, all bolt heads welded all the way around, as well as the pin. I bought four 5/8" stainless nyloc nuts at Hamilton Marine for $0.25 each. That can't be right. I've been so busy and traveling, I'm probably just going to bite the bullet and order the fairing from Tartan. Too cold to do any kind of fabrication or anything that requires spooge, caulk or epoxy, and I want to be gone by May and in Grenada by July. But plans change, I guess.
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