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[quote=popeyez7]~~ I have a mast from a 16 Hobie that has a ' slight but noticable' bend in it... There's no kinks & the sail-track is good.
  I wanna make a bigger ice boat this year, if time allows it ??  I've tried steady pressure on the mast with weights using cinder blocks that I put into a small boat that I have... Here's the way I did it. I put the mast on the ground, then put some wood blocks under it at the ends so it was raised off the ground about a little more than 2'. I used a rope on the bow to suppened the front of the boat, I put the back of the boat on the mast, then I put the cin. blocks in the back of the boat so all the weight would be in one spot... I probably used about 5-6 blocks. Not sure how much it weighed, but it was alot. I left it like that for about 2 weeks... Still no change !  :roll:  I was hoping TIME would do it ? I'am running outta time !!!!  Any ideas anyone ??  (besides using my truck, I did try the lawn mower, that didn't work--I didn't wanna kink it) Some one have a mast they wanna sell ???[/quote]

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