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The stress thing intrigues me.... since I've seen a lot of damage from raising and dropping the mast .....
In Response To: what stress? 
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() and very little damage from masts left up.
Every year someone damages a tang or spreader in storage, or raising lowering and the mast, and it has to be fixed. A number of times the damage wasn't noticed and the tang failed bringing the mast down while sailing.
Never mind the stuff dropped overboard or busted antennas and birds.
What "stresses" outside of acceptable loads would one expect leaving the mast up? Assume a well built and well maintained sailboat, not a POS.
Messages In This Thread
- Survey: Those of you with medium to large sailboats (7,000 lbs +) who takes their mast down every year at haulout?
- I'd say it all depends on the winter weather....
- all a bunch of "T"BS
- Oops.....
- Oops.....
- all a bunch of "T"BS
- Smaller than 7000 lbs but I take it down
- I think your boatyard is right.
- I do.
- some considerations
- Mine...
- I take the mast out very infrequently ...
- I store mast-up but believe your club is right (is better down)
- We always take the masts down...
- what stress?
- The stress thing intrigues me.... since I've seen a lot of damage from raising and dropping the mast .....
- I always take the mast down
- We have always taken the mast down
- I'd say it all depends on the winter weather....
