Dave,

I was thinking of going almost that route with 2 inch dowels cut two
inches long, drilled out with tapered ends but I didn't like the bend it
put in the fore Stay but it did work.

This one doesn't seem to kink the Stay as bad.

Dave, both systems store better than the $75.00 one. You can stuff them
in the sailbag

Ole Thom


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