"Bobsprit" wrote in message
| Can anyone explain the specifics of mast wedges? Are they supporting the
mast
| to any great degree, protecting the deck/collar? What happens if wedges
fail?

Don't fret about it.... she was just taking a cue from Suzanne and making
herself feel important by talking down to a dummy. If anything.. a failed
wedge [ why do I have the urge to laugh?] would only remove the stress on
your mast from the grossly uneven tension of the stays you didn't bother to
set correctly.

Can you explain to me how she managed to determine this through your mast
boot? .... or did she dig her knife up through the thin edge of the shims
from the inside??

Bwahahahahahahahaaa!

CM