Got one of those dread phone calls this afternoon from the harbor master

[CharlieJ]

He said- I hate to tell you but your mast fell down!! they have it laying on the dock. Have to get to boat in morning, for sure.

This mast is wooden and was made in 1961  !!

[Jim_ME]

Darn.  :(
Hope that it's okay. Look forward to your report after going to see it.

[Captain Smollett]

Dang, Charlie.  Sorry to hear that.

Keep us updated.

[CapnK]

Oh man oh man oh man... CJ will keep my fingers crossed for you. And the mast! I wonder what happened?

[CharlieJ]

we had some serious winds. Port upper shroud damaged during Harvey- was guyed off. But wind came the other way- snapped a bolt holding stbd lower shroud. Upper was slack and over it went. No apparent damage to mast itself, other than a small chunk missing from foot. Of course vhf coax and mast wiring is ripped loose but that's no biggie. One spreader broken

Mast is now laying on a vacant finger pier, til I return from the BEER Cruise. Then figure how to transport 28 feet of mast to the  house for redo.

All in all, I got very lucky

[Frank]

Geez CJ...  that would be a call that would scare you.
Glad it turned out "not too bad"
Sounds like getting it to where you can work on it might be as big a job as fixing it.
Hope all goes well.
Enjoy BEER

[CapnK]

Wow that must have been some SERIOUS wind to snap a bolt. Unless it was corroded? have fun at BEER, looking forward to the 'forensics' when you return. :)

[lastgreatgeneration]

Condolences, bad boat luck. Hope you get it back up and better soon.