Bob replied:
There is not much you can do to polish out heavy scatching of the mast. Once the anodising has been broken through the mast will blacken and oxidise locally. So long as the mast has not been kinked it's strength will not have been much effected. Your options are as follows:
1) try and get it replaced on insurance. It was after all accident damage.
2) cover it up with stickey label/or tape. The PVC material they make stick on names from is cheap and comes in all colours. You could buy a plain piece of this to totally cover the area. Silver might blend in quite well. Alternatively you could put a contrasting patch on (like blach or white) and then stick some other decals on it as a feature. This could work out OK depending on the location.
3) You could ignore the background scratching and put an advertising sticker across it. This will lessen the visual impact. We have "
www.dart15.com" stickers in black or red (?1.30 each)which look good on masts but this depends on the location - better near the bottom than near the top.
4) ignore it and enjoy sailing the boat.
George's suggestion of contacting the makers is clearly a good idea.
Cheers, Bob
