yeah very true. What I said only applies to a particular mast head. whats disappointing though. when I replaced mine because the old one broke. The new one I got from Hobie was a complete peice of crap compared to the original. The original one is nice thick metal and has a pretty big pulley, that thing was solid. The new one feels like I could bend it in half with my bare hands, and it has two dinky little plastic pulleys. what's the world comming to.....