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Somehow, I suspect that a welder, if presented with the problem, would want to hog both of those tubing stubs out of there and replace them with a single piece. No grubbing about in small spaces.  I assume that the "naked" part of the shaft once had a quadrant bolted on?  Won't ever need one...

That sounds good - what I don’t get about my boat (and my similar ones) is why they didn’t put a crash bulkhead forward of the rudder tube?  They put one in the bow!  I think I can add one, but it would have been a zillion times easier to put it in at the factory.  At the last haul-out, I...

Definitely a Hobie cat thing.  If your mast isn't watertight, better get that cat flipped back up before it fills with water! It makes the difference between a tip-over and a full inversion.

I've been "randomly" selected for enhanced searches more times than random chance would suggest. In one case right down to squeezing out the toothpaste tube and slitting a jacket seam.  I suspect it mostly had to do with having long hair and wearing sandals.  *sigh* one of which won't be a...

The first actual “vacation” I ever took (one of three, so far) I ended up on the beach in Christiansted, St. Croix.  I realized that I had no idea what the fuck one was supposed to DO on a vacation.  I sat down in a beach bar and ordered a multi-layer frozen juice and rum drink (A “Hugo” IIRC)...

Reminds me of a couple of books I read last year from the 30's and 40's.  Sounds like qualified Captains were already getting scarce. Tango Around the Horn - a crew sails "America's Last Great Sailing Ship" with a cargo of lumber to Africa during WWII.  A large part of it was verbatim excerpts...

Just soze you know... if Wifey has the helm and Hubby introduces a course correction from the other wheel... she isn't gonna be laughing like that.

ln my observations, a boat with two helm stations is not conducive to a happy marriage...

Type II fun.

No electrics.  This part screws on over the top of the CRT.  I threw those away.

They must not have tried very hard... compound lens systems (e.g. in projection TV's) are oil-filled.  Refractive index and all that.  Here, I've got a few in my optics junk box...