[Rhodes22-list] Sacrificial Toothpicks

[Michael Hellyar]

I appreciate the feedback. Did your mast come down in a blow ? Is the screw to deck theory based on anticipating more mishaps with the self-mast raising procedure ? 
The last thing I would want to worry about if caught in a blow is a mast flying off the cabin top. It may save more extensive damage to the cabin top but kill a crew member or passenger or the skipper. It would take a whole lot more force for the mast to pull through two layers of fiberglass, core material reinforced with epoxy. It might even save a dismasting. 
Mike Hellyar
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On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:02 AM, redneckyc <steverayj at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I will sing along with the choir  I have had masts come down on 2 boats and
> used the toothpick/epoxy/screws method and it worked great. Wound have been
> bad news for cabintop if it was bolted.
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