Make sure that you tie your mast down, and do it well.

My first cat was a Hobie 16. I pulled it with my new Ford Econoline van. While heading to the beach one beautiful Saturday morning to sail, the mast bounced out of the cradle on the high end over the van, and was hanging down from the support by the loose ties. It worked its way down behind the van so that it fit perfectly. Well, everything was fine as long as I was going straight, but when I eventually made a hard right hand turn --- crunch! The base of the mast was pushed through the back door/window.

That won't happen again!

Don