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sepharad · 24-03-2022, 10:19

The yard workers and the Marina secretary figured out who might have taken it and called them...this morning. "Yes I have a boat." Yes I have a mast". yes there IS a label.... Who is A------- S------?"

Oops, wrong brand, wrong size...and they didnt notice.

**boatman61** · 24-03-2022, 10:31

All's well that ends well..

Orion Jim · 24-03-2022, 10:36

I wasn’t expecting a favorable outcome. Good to hear the mystery is solved, thanks for reporting back.

basssears · 24-03-2022, 12:01

Dude, what a nightmare!! They should pay for a few rounds of cocktails for you for sure. Glad it worked out, as others said was not expecting a positive outcome. Get that thing stepped and NEVER take it off again

Tetepare · 24-03-2022, 12:10

Wow. Talk about fortunate.

**tkeithlu** · 24-03-2022, 12:53

Congratulations! I wish I could buy you a beer myself. You must be grinning ear to ear.

Sam Woodbridge · 24-03-2022, 12:58

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Originally Posted by sepharad

THE ENDING? I went through all the stages of grief and was doing final preparations before the truck arrived, and 3 hours before arrival...they found it...in another part of the country. They hitched ip a long carrier and raced there and back and arrived 30 minutes before the truck.

I never want to do this again.

Amazing!

So happy for you too.

Sam

**JPA Cate** · 24-03-2022, 13:01

Excellent, sepharad! I, too, am happy for you.

And thanks to the person above who informed me that the mast was tagged.

Mistakes happen, so glad this one could be put right!

Cheers, mate!

Ann

Buddy_Y · 24-03-2022, 13:52

I'm with Jim -- I'd have bet money that you were screwed. And that the yard would have wagged a finger at you for the disaster rather than taking responsibility for it.

By the way, in my case, when the marina gave me the wrong mast the first time, they huffed a bit when I said that I wanted them to open the compound again so that I could bring it back. Their attitude was: why bother? My attitude was: it's somebody's mast, for God sake.

Celestialsailor · 24-03-2022, 21:53

Glad it worked out...Onward and upwards!

fstbttms · 25-03-2022, 07:07

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Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

I really hope you find your mast.

For years I rented space in the shed across from the Alameda Marina harbor office. There was a large aluminum mast up in the rafters, nicely wrapped. Might've been brand new. I guarantee it was still there when they demolished that structure.

Celestialsailor · 25-03-2022, 14:17

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Originally Posted by fstbttms

For years I rented space in the shed across from the Alameda Marina harbor office. There was a large aluminum mast up in the rafters, nicely wrapped. Might've been brand new. I guarantee it was still there when they demolished that structure.

Yikes! what a bummer. If it was of average size and new, I would guess $12k and up, depending what was on it. After Sved past away, that whole thing was a cluster.