With the new base, there were two nice sized holes on each side of the sail track what would keep the mast from been sealed. I needed to seal those t...

My 5.0 had the old style base. It was riveted on with three rivets. After drilling out the rivets, it just slide off. I put on the captive ball mas...

I have a 5.0 '83 model. When I bought it used, it did not have the captive ball casting. I went ahead and ordered the upgrade kit for $160 and switc...

I have a 1983 5.0 as well. It came without a captive ball mast base as well. I understand they changed to the captive ball system late in 1983 or 84...

I haven't been taking in a lot of water but I wanted to take care of this before it gets worse. My understanding is that the two halves are glued/ep...