You should be fine until the weekend unless a storm would blow through and  
take it down. I've dropped a mast or two while on the water. It adds a 
whole new  dimension to the process, but it can be done.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/11/2013 12:17:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
willhutson311 at hotmail.com writes:

I have a  follow up question regarding the forestay that broke. All my 
other rigging is  in good shape.is it safe to leave the mast up?I have it docked 
and can't get  it off the water to bring the mast down till the weekend.

Sent from my  iPhone

On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:25 PM, "Mary Lou Troy"  <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Here's a photo of a slightly  older GBI furler.  There are several 
> different versions over the  years, maybe even many different versions.
> 
> The key to knowing  if you have a GBI furler is - does the sail attach 
> directly to an  aluminum furling tube either with a sleeve around the 
> tube or fed  into a slot in the tube and held in place with machine 
> screws or with  tabs that attached to fittings screwed onto the tube. 
> If so, you have  a GBI furler.
> 
> With the CDI, there is an internal halyard and  a PVC extrusion covers 
> the forestay. The sail feeds into a slot in  the extrusion and is held 
> in place by that internal halyard.
>  
> Send Stan pictures of the top and bottom of your broken stay and he  
> can replace it. Or if you live in a place where there are lots of  
> sailboats there will be riggers who can duplicate your forestay. It's  
> not a big job. You will need to lower the mast to get to the top  fitting.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall  MD
> 
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