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Joe,
<br>    Since our boat, <i>Brigadoon II,</i> is at the foot
of the back yard at her pier, I can make your measurements. I assume you
need the "inside diameter," between the forward uprights, not between centers
as though you were making a pulpit itself.
<br>                                       
- Gordon White
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