I agree with Connie. I recently diassembled shroud and forestay and the bolt through my mast is straight... t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar -----Original Message----- From: chbenneck@juno.com [mailto:chbenneck@juno.com] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:11 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: Questions on M15 rigging – Bent bolt Hi Hank, You are correct in your assumption. The bolt is just a standard stainless steel bolt. If the bolt has a bend in it, then there must have been some severe loading on the forestay at some point in time. I had a similar problem, and replaced the bolt on my M15 too. Connie M15 #400 LEPPO _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats This message was scanned for viruses.