OnlineOutboards.com rocks and the ongoing mast saga

After dealing with the idiots at you-know-where in Utica, New York, my motor has shipped from OnlineOutboards! I can’t believe it. I’m actually going to have a motor for the boat this week! By tracking it on FedEx, I’m looking to be receiving it on Friday. If the weather holds up, I will be launching this boat probably Saturday to test the motor and hull. It is pretty cool. I just need a solution for the mast now. I called Dwyer Mast from Connecticut and they have my mast section in stock but the shipping person is out sick. Just my luck. No telling when she will be in and apparently no one else at that company knows how to ship stuff. The other option is to order one through Rig-Rite. Just called them and they are looking into their inventory and will have to call me back. It would just be so much easier to stick the old pieces of wood back in the old mast sections and call it a day. But I am not brave enough to test my seafaring/survival skills if that thing comes falling down… The saga continues….