I keep seeing an infomercial on some sort of device that latches onto autobody surfaces and "pulls" dents out: Bet it would work on your mast. I'll send details if I see the commercial again soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: ">Mboats<" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 7:25 PM Subject: Weekend sail Thanks for the report, Bill I just yesterday unhooked the shrouds and took the mast off to look at it. This could be tough, but I think I have a plan for how to fix it. The dent is along the trailing edge on one side next to the groove and in fact the groove is pinched. I'm thinking first of all of removing the masthead casting and then making something of oak that is the shape of the inside of the mast to slide down and hopefully beat the dent back out with a number of rams. Probably need to pry on the groove too. I'm guessing that the BCC was Sadie, a tan hull? I went past her once some time back, lovely boat. Tod