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he doesnt have the angel mast with the ally sleave, hes got the superspars one its often just sand and grit or built up salt that makes it stick, try putting the bottom section of your mast in a container of fairly hot water for a while and see what happens (i.e. water that your hand wouldnt be comfortable in but not boiling) but make sure your mast isnt freezing cold first bring it up to heat with a hair dryeer or something first.

And watch the walls come tumbling down.

 

Don't try and tow the sections apart, unless you want to impale someone when the freed section turns into a javelin!
You can usually get the sections apart by sticking a screwdriver or similar through the gooseneck holes, then tapping it out with a hammer. If you rest the mast on the boat while doing this, you can 'hook' the spreaders onto the transom bar which will stop the mast moving while you hit it.
Bear in mind though, the guy you bought it from, Richard Leech, is a big chap so that mast may never have been separated in it's life.

Yeah Richard said he'd never taken it apart.  I've tried the srew driver thru the holes and the heat on it but nothing has worked.  I'll think i'll try to get hold of a marine engineer or someone who can get a real grip on to pull it apart.  I takke your point about the vaseline TT but in i really don't see how anyone with the most vivid of imaginations could think you could be lubeing up something so wide for anything other than the designated purpose of it!!