Why not have a fork end and another tang riveted on? Less holes in the mast for water to get in the better in my book.
Yep, that was the analyses back in 2001, but some builders persist in doing it their way. One reason why I designed/assembled my own mast.
The other Dan fell into the sail a bit and pulled it out of the track, ...
Some of us hate this but I think it to be a great feature of the F16 mast. Every time I have to choose between pulling the bottom of the sail out of the mast or having a gaping hull in my mainsail I invariantly go for the first !
I typically don't fall in my sail but there have been 1 or 2 times that over the years that might have lead to a hole were it not for the bolt rope pulling out.
Wouter
