Discovered over the weekend that my mast blew off the rack at the boat yard over the winter. Landed on a lower level rack and dented the side of my mast - several feet above the gooseneck. Dent is maybe 5cm long and 3cm wide - max depth of about 3mm.
Met with insurance surveyor today - he is suggesting a few options - weld aluminum to the side of the mast, cut mast and install a sleeve, find a used CS 30 mast or similar and replace or replace with a new mast. Apparently the sleeve option would cause a stiff spot in the mast and make it harder to trim well for racing (which I don't do - but don't want to devalue the boat in the repair). Not sure about the weld option. No immediately available used CS 30 masts locally.
Insurance has a set upper limit of $22500 on the boat - so write off is a possibility if they can't repair or find a used option.
Anyone have any experience? Advice? Know of any random CS 30 masts lying around???
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