Don, Nope. Collar floats with cabin roof. Mast has holes below the collar for some sort of restraint but are not used.
The upward load is borne entirely by the mast since the turning blocks are bolted to the mast. There is nothing attached to the collar at all. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 4:12 PM Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dennis, > > Isn't your collar restrained by collar brackets on either side of the > and thru bolted to the mast just below the cabin headliner? These > brackets transfer the load to the mast and not to cabin top. > > Don Kern > Fireball, C&C35 Mk2 > Bristol, RI > > > >
