A lot of times I have had the problem that boats are stacked up against each other after a day of racing and it is hard to drop the mast. I have had success either putting the boat back on the trailer and securing it, or putting stakes (hurricane tiedowns) into the ground and securing the boat to them. You also have to tie the mast so that if can not start flopping around if the wind comes up. The wing mast can get oscillating so great it looks like the whole boat is going to take off.