Yup, pretty dumb, eh? Well, I'll know better next time! : -) So I was wondering what I could use the old shaft for, and we've got plenty of rocks in our garden. : -) Sailing back to Maine (Harpswell), but slowly. Will leave the boat on a mooring in the upper Chesapeake for a month and sail the rest of the way late June. Let it warm up a bit; my blood's pretty thin after Caribbean winter. :- )) Cheers!