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[quote=loquinho]One other item of repair I tackled last weekend - at some point in the past the cradle strap on the trailer for the front of the mast broke. The mainsail channel side of the mast came down on the edge of the steel, and then proceeded to grind back and forth on that steel edge for the rest of the car trip. The end result was some distortion of the channel and some missing aluminum with sharp edges. Not the ideal condition to slide a sail through.

As a temporary measure, I put an old car floormat doubled up on the mast cradle, then went to work on the damaged area with some very small files I had in my shop. I opened the channel just enough that the width matched the rest of the channel, then I rounded all the sharp edges just enough so nothing would catch on the sail. I didn't want to remove any more aluminum that was necessary, since the rubbing action had already worn away some of the thickness of the lip.

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I think it will work just fine now, but I won't know until I hoist the main.

I'm really trying to use all the correct terminology here, but at times it's making me feel like a pirate.[/quote]

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