Hi,
I am new to sailing and have just upgraded from a mirror to an old glass fibre GP14. The boat has not been sailed for a long time and just figuring out how to rig her etc. The big question I am wrestling with is the mast. When I put the mast in to the step and push the mast into the mast gate there is at least an inch of play from side to side, am I missing a gromet or sosomething? I understand any fore and aft play will be taken up by the rigging, which needs replacing, but shouldn’t the mast fit snugly in its hole port to stbd? Currently without the rigging in place it does seem very loose in the athrwart ship plane with the aluminium mast just resting against the wood of the mast gate hole.
Any advice on this and general rigging tips would be gratefully received,
Kind regards
Pete