[Douglas]

Ahoy All, T Y , Brian for your reply. Yes, I have photos of the ripples on Calliste's damaged mast, and photos of another new mast with the tapered area welded with ripples on it too. I don't know how to post these photos on the forum, so will send them to you by email attachment.
My many tries to get a replacement mast failed for one reason or another, especially shipped to Singapore. My wife found an aluminum extruder locally, who will extrude a new mast for my boat, but I haven't found an anodizer who has a tank long enough to anodize it, drats.
Douglas , S/V Calliste