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Malcolm Dickinson #86 One system I've seen involves a little crutch that slips into the mast hole and holds the spars up about 6" above the deck. A second wooden piece is held between the bridle straps with string or small bungee cords. You put them on the boat and then a small circle of bungee cord is used to hold the spars to the two pieces. Works fine. I've also seen the foam blocks method which you describe, and it works very well. I would recommend using a plastic tube if possible - one 5" or 6" in diameter - which will keep the sail from being crumpled when you cinch down the tiedown straps or ropes. Use either foam or wooden supports but lash a lightweight tube (available at Home Depot or at plumbing supply house) to them and then slide the sail into the tube. Malcolm toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: Charles Neuman <charles@...> Subject: transporting spars Any ideas on how to transport the spars with the boat right-side-up on a trailer? What I'd like to do is lie the spars on top of the boat, but I want to avoid having them lie on the coaming, or otherwise putting pressure on one part of the boat. I was thinking of having a thick foam pad with a cutout which the spars can rest in. There would be one on the front of the boat and one on the rear. This would make it so that the spars would not rest on the coaming, and their weight would be distributed on the area of the foam pad. Then I just tie them down with the boat. I don't quite know what material to use or where to get it, but if I browse Home Depot something might come to me.

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Digest Number 37