Thanks, Ron. Destroyed my fantasy that some kind of mast support could be devised as an alternative to the obtrusive compression post, but good info. :-) --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron and cathryn goodspeed" <rcgoodspeed@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:30 PM Subject: Hula Pie . . . Hello Craig, Yes, our boat has a compression post, actually a two piece affair. One aluminum post from the keel to the vee berth deck and a second aluminum post between there and the molded in block of unknown material incorporated into the deck beams/ hatch area. There two beams about 8 inches apart athwartships with the pad for the mast step in between. Ron Goodspeed