Hmm, Peter, end cap at the bottom?  It’s been a couple of years but I don’t recall a cap at the bottom. I just removed  the bolt that secured the bearing block for the furler and slid everything  out the bottom of the mast. It wasn’t too hard to fabricate new parts from HDPE using hand tools and a drill press.

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> On Jun 3, 2025, at 7:21 AM, peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> Thanks Chris,
>   That’s the history I was looking for.  Do you by any chance know what holds the end cap at the bottom of the furler tube in place?  My guess is that it is pressure fitted. Mine has been damaged over the years, perhaps by someone trying to remove it, and I’m afraid I’ll destroy it trying to get it off.  I’d like to swap out the furling line.
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> Peter
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