Hi Leon
I don't know whether you have thought about how you are mounting your G-11 when you get, this is what a lot of people use:
The Losmandy MA, Meade Adapter, it has a 1/2 hole in the center and is used for a permanent pier situation, I use this myself.
http://www.losmandy.com/access.html
About 2/3rds down the page, makes things a lot easier. You can see how it is setup in the "My Equipment" in the link below.
Cheers
JohnG
