What a crap day, sorry it happened.
The only way I know to check the chainplates would be to remove them and visually inspect them. You might be able to get away with drilling a hole in whatever encases them and using a snake camera to see what's going on, but I would be hesitant about this, I am not sure how you would really tell if they are bent. You could probably tell if they were certainly messed up, but couldn't tell for sure if they were ok.
No idea where to get a new wooden mast, but this must be a good time to look into a carbon rig if you have ever considered it. The insurance company should pay at least the entire cost of replacing what you had (wood may actually be more than aluminium these days) adding a little of your own to that to make the swap may make sense, particularly if you can find a good used mast.
|