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    Posted: 21 Feb 08 at 6:06pm
Originally posted by Fans1024


Slight O/T.. but it is about transporting masts.  I roof rack my Byte.  Now at the moment I put the mast in the car.  The problem is, its just that much too big, so I can't close the boot.  This is fine for short distances where I am not leaving the car, but for longer distances...  Once the boat is on the roof rack there doesn't appear to be any room to secure the mast and boom.  Any ideas?



Longer roof rack bars. When I was young and had a mirror, we car topped that. The bars were a bit narrow, so my dad made up some wooden bars a bit longer that bolted tight to the original bars.

With a bit of thought, you could even design the extensions to have cut outs or fittings to hold the spars even more securely.
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i put the 600 mast light end forward on the road trailer because if you put it the other way round you have a hole facing forwards catching all the flies and muck and filling the mast up. this is because i take the foot out of the mast before towing incase it falls out whilst towing, would be a bit annoying turning up to sail and finding the mast foot was on the M27 somewhere.

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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318
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