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Hello all,

I just purchased a 1982 13 sport. Its my first boat. It came with a stern light that I would like to remove as it gets in the way of the cover I got for it. For the life of me I cant seem to remove it.

Here is an image of how it is attached to the boat: https://ibb.co/9VgnTDr

I removed the little screw above the large part so that I could twist it and pull it up to loosen it. There is an old plastic bracket under it that goes around the pole which I also removed but the pole remains stuck in there.

Does anyone have any experience with this mechanism?