Thanks, Mike. I imagined a scale at the upper and lower points. I couldn't imagine that someone would scrimp on a $5k mast. While I have your attention, has anyone ever broken a Marstrom mast from sailing? And I mean from natural sailing forces (like wind) not from having a jetski hit you while sailing.

I used to sail out of Ventura/ Channel Is regularly before you moved there.(I live in Utah, but my sailing buddy used to lived in Simi) Greatly disappointed to drive by last year and actually see what they did to that little beach. And Ventura used to be free and nice. Anyway, I thought we would meet someday. It case it never happens, Hi! Steve