Just felt like throwing my 2 cents in here.

Mast delivery involves a certain amount of luck or misfortune. Even with all the care someone puts into delivering it, something may go wrong. My mast traveled A LOT untill it reached destination, and it is ok.

There are a lot of things that can be made to make the delivery secure, if someone does give a damn about it...

Still if something goes wrong it is much more important how the supplier/shipping company/insurance company handles the situation and how they manage to fix it. If they are helpful and courteous and deliver new mast then the mishap won't weigh much, but if it happens repeatedly - than someone is definitely not giving a damn on satisfying customers, supplier or shipping company...

Best of luck to all you taking delivery of new masts !!!