Many thanks so far.
Yes, I am lucky to live in a fabulous sailing area but most sailers here are cruisers.
I had tied down to four heavy pins from the bridle eyes to stop the front lifting and to stop fore and aft movement. Also tied down to the side stays to two more heaveier pins.
The movement was so violent that it broke a chain plate. The mast stayed standing but was no longer attached to the boat on the port side!
My intention now was to tie down to the bolt each side of the front beam instead of the stays and also jam tyres under the aft section to forbid any rocking motion at all.
There is also another area I might put the boat where the mast would push back into trees which would feather the wind.
I have no spinny set up and intend to run the boat as a super sloop/uni for ease and fun. No cloned competition here so can do what I like in that regard.
I am not in the habit of leaving the boom on the boat. Would your system work with a small reduction unit strait to the traveler using the main haliard and with the Jib haliard instead of the spinny?
Also, most of the wind is from the front of the boat but the other 30% of stroinger gusts run along the beach and would hit the secured mast from the side. I had left it to spin free thinking it would simply turn into the win and not "freak out".
I am very excited you are in the habit of having the boat stored mast up and that I can work with this problem.


Also. The mast has only the slightest bend. Not evident from anywhere but under the mast looking strait up the line of it.
When the diamonds are released it bends a little more but there is no dent or line or crease of any sort. The boat seems to sail well but I want to have it as original as possible. Just getting a new mast section is not really in my budget as I know of no other Taipans in NZ (while ther might be) and the boat only owes me $2,000 with new jib blocks, main system, boom, and sheeting in that amount.
If I spend I would rather get new sails.

Lester