G'day Breezers,

Forgive and correct me if I use the wrong terminology. So my mast has a bigarse feed slot as shown in the pic (note this is two photos side-by-side).


There is a makeshift sail track stop (which is just a long wing nut) at the top of the feed slot. Under full main the track stop stays in. This is all well and good but it means the flaked sail sits high above the boom (this is a problem because I plan on making a boom bag and I don't want excess windage) and it seems like it's more of a hassle to reef as I have to remove the track stop first.

So I discovered there are things called mast gates, as per www.myhanse.com/add-track-gate-insert-on-the-mast_topic7446.html

Ooohhhh, so it has just occured to me that there may originally have been a mast gate in this slot. Does anyone know? Does anyone have or used a gate similar to this?

Possibly I should be emailing my questions to www.mastgates.com but, you know, thought I'd ask here first - maybe someone can explain something more or save me some cash.

Cheers.