The boom simply slides onto a sturdy pin on the gooseneck, and is apparently held in place by the mainsail outhaul.
So we need to drill a 12mm hole into the end of the boom, at its exact centre.
I marked up the the boom, like this.
The drawings on sheet 1 of the plans show the tack of the mainsail held in place by a pin through a bracket on the top of the gooseneck. This is the drawing.
Here it is, next to the photo in the manual also showing the bracket securing the tack.
I duly informed the kit supplier and I will wait to see what they say. I don't need a new gooseneck - just the missing bracket.
Anyway, we can still install the gooseneck.
Once again I used the drill guide to drill a nice perpendicular hole in the boom end, fixing it to a bench to keep it rigid while I drilled. Here it is.
I marked up for both at the same time. This is for the cheekblock.
The manual states that the outhaul is secured to a cleat near the gooseneck, but no such cleat is provided and there is no picture of it in use so I will worry about that when rigging the boat.
Which will hopefully be soon ...
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